Frog's House of Infinite Wisdom

Pepsi is currently running a promotion called "Every 10 Minutes" where they publish codes on the inside of their orange plastic bottle caps that you can enter on their website for chances to win an Xbox360. You can also accumulate points and get free stuff, like hats and sweatshirts and stuff. Well, I'm an obsessive gamer and already have one of those systems reserved but I'd love to get another one... so I've been collecting the orange caps. Essentially, the more caps you have, the better your chances are to win.

So, anyway, if you are within webshot of this and drink Pepsi and aren't interested in using those codes, PLEASE send them to me... (the codes, not necessarily the caps...) Email them to me... Thanks! Otherwise, don't be surprised if you see my picking through the trash for caps.

Here's a shot of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jim Trella on the red carpet during the 5th Annual Taurus World Stunt Awards. Can you believe that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences still refuses to recognize stunt men and women for the work they do? Look at the lengths they go through on the WAY to the awards show! While motion picture actors do a scene or two and then nap in their oversized luxury trailer, stunt teams are hanging from wires, lighting themselves on fire and punching the shit out of each other, all in the name of entertainment. The only time a stunt artist gets any real credit is when the actor does his own stunts (re: Jackie Chan).

It's time we recognized these people for their sacrifice!

You HAVE to check out T-ShirtHell.com. Their shirts are created by people that have no scruples, no morality, and no taste. In other words, they are fabulous!

I ran across this article on Yahoo Sports about a child named Montana who had an inoperable brain tumor. He also had a love for Notre Dame Football. The head coach, Charlie Weis, visited him in the hospital and during the course of his visit, and after a lengthy conversation, he gave Montana the opportunity to coach the team and call the first play on offense.

Weis asked Montana if there was something he could do for him. He agreed to let Montana call the first play against Washington on Saturday. He called ``pass right.''

Montana never got to see the play. He died Friday at his home.

Weis heard about the death and called Mazurkiewicz on Friday night to assure her he would still call Montana's play.

``He said, 'This game is for Montana, and the play still stands,''' she said.

I can imagine that movie studios are clammering for this one. Take a look at the article and read the ending for yourself.

Oh lord, you gotta check out this show... it's absolutely stupid. One of the girls was crying -- CRYING -- because she couldn't figure out the "water dance" or some such sh*t. They are taking this entirely too seriously.

I know I should be sleeping, but I can't stop watching the hurricane coverage. Right now, I'm watching Fox News and Rick Leventhal was trying to interview two security guards at a hotel/casino as 100 mph winds were whipping around. I can't tell you how entertaining it was watching the everyone crouch further and further and desperately try to maintain a dialog without falling over.

And Geraldo. Let's not forget that macho mustached Geraldo. I'm pretty sure at some point he'll be putting on boxing gloves and personally fighting a storm surge.

I didn't, so don't tell me what happened, ok? I'll see it tonight!

This is the saddest thing I've seen in a while.

Ladies and gentlemen, love has officially died. The whirlwind romance between Kenny "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" Chesney and Renee Zellweger is officially over.

Of course, we all knew it was doomed. This could have possibly been the creepiest celebrity pairing in a while. Before Chesney met Zellweger, he had a hit called "You Had Me At Hello", which he wrote about the fictional character she playing in the movie Jerry Macguire. Years later, they're married. She would have been better off grabbing from the pile of fan mail and proposing to the person with the best penmanship.

UPDATE: I've discovered the reason for the split. It's Renee's horrific adult acne and what Chesney's hiding underneath that oversized hat of his.

This is a big part of the problem. Senator William Jefferson, a democratic congressman from Louisiana, used National Guard troops, payed for by tax dollars to access his home and remove belongings including "a laptop computer, three suitcases, and a box about the size of a small refrigerator, which the enlisted men loaded up into the truck." Of course, he claims that the visit was "to take him on a tour of the flooded portions of his congressional district".

Of course, reading more of the article, you find out that the truck waited outside for an hour while he looked around his house for his crap. Also, the truck was stuck and so they tried to evacuate him in a helecopter, which he refused after sending a Guard member down to him -- twice. So then they brought another truck to get the first truck out.

Think of all the time and resources that were wasted so this guy could get his laptop. Also consider this: he's under investigation by the FBI for his involvement with a high-tech firm.

All the while, his people in his district are still waiting to be rescued from their roofs. How f*cking dare you, sir.

On the internets, if you look hard enough, you can find a site that will teach you how to edit (or hack) things that are thought to be uneditable. Personally, I've found sites that teach you how to hack into the traffic lights via the crosswalk button, sites to play Pac Man on your digital camera, and many others. The most recent is one I discovered on a new site, Slashfood, and it has a list of the 25 best food hacks. You'll see what I mean.

Oh, poor Kanye West. He can't seem to avoid the bad press now, ever since he decided to claim our president was racist. I took it apon myself to record the MTV2 interview with him. I'll either post selected portions of it or will point to sources online as it was quite enlightening. You get to see in his own words how Kanye West is an egotistical jerk, a braggard, a spoiled baby AND a backstabber. He admits turning his back on the person who gave him his big break in the music business. He admits throwing a temper tantrum when he didn't win an American Music Award. Seriously, the guy rips the best hooks from songs, mixes them together, adds a beat and acts like he created the next Beatles album. Anyway, I'll have the clips up ASAP.

You gotta laugh when these television talking heads are forced to go off the teleprompter and work without a net. Check out this audio/screen capture from Wolf Blitzer during Hurricane Katrina coverage...

A survey by Playboy is reporting that the majority of college coeds - 57 percent - would like to have forbidden, dirty sex with Angelina Jolie.

What they failed to report is that 95% of college men would like to have sex with her as well. The other 5% are hopelessly gay and STILL might consider it.

If you are able, check out the Discovery Channel special "93: The Flight That Fought Back". It's an amazing reinactment of the airliner that was forced down in Pennsylvania during 9/11. It's a great tribute to a plane full of brave Americans.

I've been inspired by Kanye West's rediculous statement and have made t-shirts to bring home the point. Take a look at my Cafepress store and order your new "Kanye West Doesn't Care About White People" t-shirts and trucker hats, while they last!

UPDATE: The items are being held up b/c of copyright issues with the graphic. I made the graphic, btw. And I'm not talking about THE Kanye West... just any old Kanye West... know what I mean?

NEWEST UPDATE: I had to change the graphic and remove "West"... apparently, I couldn't use his whole name. That's ok... we ALL know what I mean!

I'm going to punches you.

Granted, it's fantastic that she's donating "$1 million dollar" for relief efforts in the Gulf States -- a point she made numerous times during her Larry King Live rant -- the fact remains that her off the cuff remarks sound like someone who needs remedial english and another lesson in law.

According to Celine, it's ok for people to steal 20 pairs of Nike sneakers during a disaster because "maybe those people are so poor, some of the people who do that they're so poor they've never touched anything in their lives. Let them touch those things for once."

What?!

God forbid there is a natural disaster in Las Vegas (besides her stage show) and the city has a similar situation to New Orleans. I suspect that she would feel differently if people were to ransack HER house and run off with her terrible sequin dresses and her "Power of Love" platinum records. I mean, they've never touched those, either!

I'll try to find the entire rant online for you to view. It's pretty funny, because she's so emotional and dimwitted. At one point, she mentions the "helecopsters" that are rescuing people.

Here are the last of the photos from the Hawaii trip. These were recovered from a disk that I thought was corrupted beyond use and as you can imagine, I was beside myself with the thought of losing 100 pictures and 3 days worth of memories... anyway, if you have a similar situation, pick up a copy of CDRoller. It'll recover almost anything off of any type of corrupted disk. Pretty damn amazing. I also found a disk from a 2003 NYC trip that I thought was unrecoverable and pulled 70 images and videos off of it. Whew!

Back to the Hawaii pix. These include photos of Iolani Palace, Waikiki Beach, the USS Arizona Memorial and random others. Enjoy...

Rest in peace, little buddy.

Here's some good news about a New Orleans landmark. The world-famous house of beignets and chiccory coffee, Cafe du Monde, is still standing!

Here is an article about the status of some of the famous restaurants in NOLA.

Click here.

I just donated $100 dollars to the Red Cross. Have you donated yet? I challenge you to donate. As a matter of fact, if you send me your verification page from an online donation, I promise to match any and all donations you make, up to $1000 dollars total for all that respond. So do what you can. Please appreciate the fact that I'm a working class stiff just like you but I will gladly donate the money if I know that you are doing exactly the same. PLEASE GIVE!

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On the well-intended NBC benefit, Kanye West decided to use his time to bash Bush instead of promoting a non-partisan effort of donation. According to the Drudge Report (and my girlfriend who watched in awe):

KANYE WEST ON NBC FUNDRAISER: 'GEORGE BUSH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE... They're saying black families are looting and white families are just looking for food...they're giving the (Army) permission to shoot us'... Actor Mike Myers asked people to donate... then Kanye West went on a tirade about Iraq

George Bush has nothing to do with what the AP is reporting regarding the looting situation. And Iraq has nothing to do with this situation, either. Kanye West is too simple minded to realize that his behavior could alienate the very people that are trying to help during this tragic situation. A benefit such as this is no place for histrionics or partisan politics.

My suggestion is that everyone take the money they would have spent on his new album and donate it to the Red Cross. I'm sure this so-called caring individual won't mind!

See the video for yourself. I just saw it and was surprised at West's inarticulate speech. He barely strung the words together. So much for the "smartest man in pop music".