In the midst of all this server insanity, I went to two funerals this week. I found out on Saturday my friend Greg Dunlevy killed himself. Here's what I wrote on the View Askew board after the funeral: 'Evening folks. Just got back from Ventura.… more »

You may have noticed that brendoman.com was giving lots of errors this week. Our happy web host decided it was using too many server resources, so they throttled us. I was already looking for a new host, but this added some urgency. We'll have more to… more »

Oh snap.... [youtube]GK-a2dOv1y4[/youtube] I know a lot of smack has been talked about this one, but Richard Kelly has made a huge effort to tighten things up and got the money he wanted to do all the visuals properly. I personally can't wait. Lo… more »

As most of you know, I'm a total follower when it comes to memes and blog trends so I had to jump on this BlogRush bandwagon. We'll see how it works out. Thanks to Dave for the tip. more »

This has to be seen to be believed: [youtube]fLnCDTWB2S0[/youtube] Never mind all the evolution talk, I honestly didn't know folks existed that didn't know the earth was round. Hasn't she seen a globe before? I fear for her children. Seriously. more »

Yarrrr! It be that time of year again. Hope ye celebrate in the proper fashion, ye scallywag! more »

After looking at the search cloud I'm starting to think we should just change our name to the Pinch Hitter 2 blog. They'll come in droves! We could sell game secrets and codes. At least until Pinch Hitter 3 comes out. Unfortunately all that stuff is… more »

From Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog: Johannes Gower hath talked of professionalism and seyd that if Britney was an trewe professional she wolde have plesed the court no mattir what. Concerninge the mattir of professionalism, Mayster Gower, whan hath i… more »

Seth Green comes to the aid of Chris Cocker: [youtube]PtWWaSnTT68[/youtube] Gotta love that clever little plug at the end. more »

[youtube]kHmvkRoEowc[/youtube] LMAO more »

So my brother got me a plane ticket to San Francisco for my birthday to see The White Stripes and Cold War Kids in Berkeley next weekend. I just found out this morning that The White Stripes canceled the tour. Apparently Meg White is suffering from anx… more »

According to recent surveys 33% of Americans still believe Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11. I was pretty bummed when I read this. I think it's an even greater shame to the memory of those that died that their memory is being abused for f… more »

It's been awhile since I did a WoW post. After 4 months off, I got back on and finally got my Warlock up to 70. I also got my flying mount. Pics to come soon. more »

Thanks to this great article containing a bunch of cool last.fm hacks and tricks, I found PandoraFM. This site allows you to listen to your Pandora stations and have the songs show up on your last.fm profile. You can also tag songs and lots of other st… more »

Holy crap, this is pretty sweet: [youtube]zbFuW_Jkbg8[/youtube] Robert Downey Jr. looks freaking awesome. The only thing this trailer needed more of was Jeff Bridges. In other movie news, what do you guys think of the Indy 4 title? It's goin… more »

Chris and I went to a free screening of this last night and I was going to blog about it earlier but got bogged down at work and then I had class. I would give it a C- or maybe a D. Not my cup of tea. Yes, it was a non-stop action movie but it seemed… more »

EDIT: The league ID is 711731. Use that to sign up. I have created a league on Yahoo for fantasy football. The league is called "Old Kentucky League" and the password is brendo2007. I have all the settings as Yahoo defaults, so if there is anythin… more »

This is a bit late in the game, but is there any interest in starting a fantasy football league? The season kicks off this weekend. more »

We found out this weekend that Chris is moving out so Duncan and I are looking for a new roommate. If you or someone you know is looking for a room in a kick ass apartment in the Anaheim/Buena Park area, drop me a line. The email is brendoman AT gmail… more »

So Whoopi Goldberg made her debut on The View today and here is what she had to say: Goldberg said that "from where he comes from" in the South, dogfighting isn't that unusual. "It's like cockfighting in Puerto Rico," she said. "There are certain t… more »

So it got up to 106 degrees yesterday here. The temperatures are finally on a down swing, but for a minute I thought I had woken up back in Missouri. It was so hot, this lady actually baked a batch of cookies in her car, which reached 180 degrees. Thi… more »