Farewell and Good Day Paul Harvey

Legendary radio voice Paul Harvey died yesterday at the age of 90. I remember listening to "The Rest of the Story" on AM radio in grade school on my way home. He'll be sorely missed.



I'm going to miss this voice and The Rest of the Story:

A Love/Hate Relationship/Obsession

It seems Star Wars obsession has reached its point to where a film is coming out about the downfall of George Lucas since the prequel trilogy came out. Nerd rants galore about childhoods ruined and a proliferating money-making machine continue to litter the internet since 1999. The documentary, The People vs. George Lucas, is set to release this year and is currently looking for fan interviews on the status of Star Wars and Lucas the last decade. I've been disappointed about it all but seriously, get over it! Change out of that robe and collapse your plastic lightsaber, there's other things to do in life.

The Simpsons poked fun at The Phantom Menace with Randall Curtis' Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow.

The People vs. George Lucas Trailer:

Peyton Loses His Better Half of 11 Years

I'm not talking about his betrothed. After failing to restructure his contract, Marvin Harrison was cut today by the Colts. Marvin was scheduled to make $9 million this upcoming season but with his drop in production, age, recent injuries, and salary cap both parties agreed to part ways after trying to work something out. Peyton was quoted today as saying "I always will be indebted to Marvin for what he has done for my career." The 13 year veteran has spent his entire career up to today as a Colt and is #2 in career receptions to Jerry Rice. He's been the constant star player for the last 13 years. Manning's been around for 11, James only 7, Faulk only 5. Best wishes to #88 wherever he lands. There's talk of him returning to his hometown of Philly and playing with his college QB McNabb. I hope Marvin returns to Indy to retire a Colt.



Here's a bit from the NFL Network about Manning to Harrison:

More Best of Conan

I was overloading the last entry with embedded videos, but there's plenty more Conan where that came from!


Robert Smigel's Arnold meets the real Arnold


Conan's San Francisco trip to Lucasfilm



LOADS of Walker Texas Ranger Lever! Vol 1, Vol 3, Vol 4, Vol 5


Clip from Conan's trip to Finland:


If They Mated Slideshow


Conan and Andy take the desk out for a ride like they used to:

Conan, Thanks for the Memories!

If you stayed up late last night to see the last episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, you know that it is the end of something truly special that ran for a miraculous 16 seasons. Conan's moving from New York out to L.A. to take over for Jay Leno on The Tonight Show starting in June while Jimmy Fallon takes over the Late Night slot. I'll miss all the self deprecation and silly characters (Pale Force, Horny Manatee). Due to the late night time slot and true fans, the show was able to do what it wanted and we loved it for that. Moving to The Tonight Show we'll lose some of that character as it's moving to an earlier time slot and thus will most likely be more reserved. So here's to Conan, thanks for all the memories! We look forward to success in L.A., even though it won't be the same.

Ok, video blitz - some of Conan's parting videos from this week as well as some of my favs from the show over the years.

Conan's final signoff - thanks to his staff and his promise to keep it goofy:



Conan's ALL TIME favorite clip - Old Time Baseball


Best of Announcer Joel Godard


Highlights w/ old pal Andy Richter



The End of the Masturbating Bear?


Triumph in line for Attack of the Clones

Vitamins to Prevent Hearing Loss?

If you didn't see my presentation on otoprotectants in my class yesterday or don't even know what otoprotectants are, then you may not know that there's recently been research and supplements in the works to be taken to reduce the effects of noise-induced hearing loss. It's based research using antioxidants, like vitamin C, to reduce toxic levels of cellular bi-products produced in the inner ear when one is exposed to high levels of noise. Dr. Josef M Miller, Ph.D., from Kresge Hearing Research Institute at The University of Michigan has developed a supplement to reduce noise-induced hearing loss. He's started a company, OTO Medicine, to produce AuraQuell - a supplement of antioxidants (Vitamin A,C,E) and vasodilator (Mg). With this supplement, soldiers who are exposed to loud levels of noise where hearing protection may not be sufficient could take this supplement and reduce the risk or amount of permanent hearing loss. The supplement is in the human testing stage, it will be interesting to see what develops.

Here's a couple of videos with Dr. Miller on AuraQuell

Great Moments in Film: 5 Easy Pieces

So I noticed that SIFF is going to show 5 Easy Pieces in March. I just recently saw this film as it was next on the Netflix queue. Interestingly enough, this film about a former piano prodigy fleeing his pedigree of the upper class takes partly in western Washington - unknown where, but it's mentioned and he's on a ferry. Nicholson got his second Oscar nomination for this film.

Here's the iconic scene that's one of Nicholson's best: