I’ve been watching the rest of Arrested Development (the funniest show ever) on Hulu.com for the past few nights trying to finish up the third season. I borrowed the dvd’s for seasons one and two a long time ago from my friend Chris and found it to be hilarious. It’s like if you take the misunderstanding in Three’s Company, and multiply it by a factor of 50. There is so much going on, and so many cameos (all great) that you can’t help wonder why the show got cancelled after three seasons.

I am glad hulu.com has the entire show on their site. It’s really convenient and the quality is pretty good. You do have to watch some ads, but they are quick (usually only 10 seconds before the show, and a couple of 15-second commercials during) so they aren’t too bad, except the ones they are showing right now are mostly for the Cadillac Escalade, which are so offensive to me. They are supposed to show luxury and power, but in this time that we are living in, it just showcase excess, wastefulness, selfishness, and arrogance. It’s embarrassing to equate this SUV with the American lifestyle. But enough of that. The show itself is full of great acting, hilarious physical comedy, witty dialogue and a plot that just keeps twisting and contorting. If you have never seen Arrested Development, what are you waiting for?

Arrested Development page at Wikipedia

I rarely swear or use the F-word, especially not in normal conversation. But when I am working in the yard, the “gloves come off”. Those weeds really bring out the worst in me. I’d say that 95% of the times I say the F-word are when I am weeding. Just thinking about those weeds is making me mad. Time to think about something else.

The kids and I were at the pool last weekend, when Koa says to me, “Papa, you have a moustache under your arm.” I thought that was funny.

Great video clip from the spelling bee. Thanks Chris for send me this!

My friend Jack sent me a link to some hilarious graphs and charts at graphjam.com. Here are a few of my favorites:

more graph humor and song chart memes


more graph humor and song chart memes


more graph humor and song chart memes


more graph humor and song chart memes


more graph humor and song chart memes

I am not sure what to make of this… but thank you, Chris, for sending it to me.

A fun little anime clip I found from The Scooter Scoop:

Appetizer

When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?

Yes

Soup

Describe the flooring in your home.  Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?

Dark, soft, wide, textured, hardwood floors for livingroom and kitchen downstairs, plus carpet in the TV room. Mexican tiles in sunroom and utility room. Upstairs is all carpet, except for linoleum in the bathrooms.

Salad

Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.

Big beef burritos bust bellies.

Main Course

Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?

A coworker of mine has a wonderful adopted daughter.

Dessert

Name 2 blue things.

Tommy Lasorda’s blood and the urinal cakes in my office bldg bathroom.

We got Mario Kart for the Wii a few days ago and have been having a blast playing. It’s so much fun. The online portion is the best part of the game for me. It’s cool to be racing against people from all over the world. I’d still learning how to race better, but it’s still a blast even when I lose. We’ve been using the special wheel to control the cars and motorcycles, but I did use the old Wavebird when we had a 4-person multiplayer race going. It seemed a bit easier, but you don’t get the cool (at least I think it’s cool) wheel icon next to your screen name if you don’t use the wheel.

Mario Kart Wii has a lot of different vehicles to choose from. There are carts, souped up racers, dirt bikes, sport bikes, scooters, choppers, even stroller-cars! It’s so fun to race using different cars. The animations are really neat too. For instance, when you throw an item out of the stroller-car, the top canopy opens up and the shell flies out. Also, when you do a mid-air trick while on the bike, he does a moto-x style move. I tend to use the motorcycles more than the cars because the drifting animation is awesome-looking. Especially the Sugar Scooter, which looks like a modified Vespa. It’s very cool. And the racing outfits of the motorbike riders are really neat. I mean, look how cool Peach looks in racing leathers in the graphic above!

Mariko was telling me a couple neat things about Mario games that I didn’t know before. First, the name “Luigi” is the same as the Japanese word “ruiji” which means “similar”, which is a nice pun since he is similar to Mario. And secondly, by combining the name “Mario” and the Japanese word for bad, “warui”, the character Wario was born.

Mario Kart is really a great game, especially playing against others either online or multi-player. I definitely recommend this if you have a Wii. If anyone wants to exchange Mario Kart or Wii friend codes, just drop me a line! (barron @ the url of this site)