Waiter - Server

Waiters don't want to be called waiters - they want to be called servers... but have you noticed that these servers don't actually serve you the food? It's always someone else that you've never seen up until now. You get to the restaurant, get comfy with your "server", maybe get a drink or two... then here's someone you've never seen before in your life handing you a plate full of whatever you ordered that hopefully isn't poisoned. That guy or gal, to me, sounds like the Server. The customers (or Patrons) should be the waiters because we're the ones waiting for our food to get there.

The Snoop Dogg Polka

This is probably what Snoog Dogg experiences everytime he's trippin'

My dad, busking in Hawaii

My Dad has what could be the best idea ever. Go to Hawaii (which he does often, now that he's retired), bring your talent and eat with whatever you earn that day. This way you won't have to worry about your finances. My sister is the one taking the video - it's dark outside = it's dark on digital film.

This was the first year he decided to do this, just for fun. He made anywhere from 17 cents to $50. It's funny because he's a concert violist who has been playing professionally for probably 50 years... and here he is, on his vacation, taking his work with him. At least he doesn't have to wear a bow-tie.

Every episode of American Idol

If you ever miss an episode of American Idol, here you go...

Ryan Seacrest will pronounce it "...aaah MARE ehkin Idol"

some people will sing and the audience will erupt in applause, in unison, about 45 - 55 seconds into the song.

Randy Jackson will say there were some kind'a weird pitch problems, but it was alright

Paula will well up with tears

If Simon puts it down, the audience will Buh... not Boo, but it sounds more like a "Buuuuuuh!". That'll cause Brooke to pout, David Cook to have the "oh well" look in his eyes while nodding his head, Carly to pull her lower lip up as if she was trying to get something off her teeth and David Archuleta, Syesha and Jason to softly smile. If Simon like the performance, the audience will erupt in cheers.

you'll see the remaining guys in a hokey commercial

the end.

Live Action Shrek... kind of

"Once upon a time in a land far away" (france), there was a guy named Maurice Tillet. He was a pro wrestler in the early 1900's and had the nickname "Freak Ogre of the Ring." Here are a couple of publicity shots. He bears a striking resemblance to Shrek, ya think?

Once you notice it, you'll never un-notice it

Credit for this observation goes to my 'one and only' brother-in-law. And not that my brother in law is famous or anything, just that my wife only had one brother... she does have a half-brother... but this comes from my one and only full brother-in-law.

Have you noticed that you Walgreens is always on a street corner? It's never part of a stretchmall or building complex that might go Grocery store, Walgreens, Clothing store... it's always on a street corner and always by itself.

Ken Lee?!

The week of April 15th is 'Mariah Carey' week on American Idol. In honor of this, check out this girl singing "Ken Lee" (without you)... hilarious.

Hollywood Swingin'

Harpo Marx plays the harp incorrectly (he was self-taught). However, professional harp players altered their playing style to match Harpo's. If I played the trombone, I'd want to play the trombone like this guy!

more fun with Logos

Now that I've been completely facinated with logos and what they mean, here's a quick one.. and a very familiar one to me. I spent a lot of time at goodwill growing up because we had that kind of money... The friendly smiling face is also the same graphic as the letter G in the name.

John Riggs circa 2002

I was looking for something when I ran across these older pictures of me. Oh, what a difference a few years make...

I rocked the blue hair w/ glasses to match for a few years. It was kind of my gimmick. After touching it up every weekend it got really old, not to mention expensive.

Here I'm speaking to Kaci who had a semi-hit song back then. Nevermind about her, what ever happened to Rice Krispies treats popcorn I was munching on that morning? myspace.com/officialkaci

Really? I thought that looked cool?! Having blue/blonde hair extensions and wearing a bandana with a suit jacket?!! Oh well, you live and learn. The other people are the people I used to work with before moving to Idaho... the one in the tan jacket with the curly hair now works for CNN. On one hand I'm jealous, on the other hand she never had blue/blonde hair extensions while wearing a bandana with her suit jacket.

... you gotta be kidding me! Was I "that" guy who wore a necklace even when I wasn't wearing a shirt? I may as well be talking on my bluetooth earpiece, drinking a Rockstar Energy drink while spraying Axe cologne on my barbwire tattoo. I didn't mind taking my shirt off in public for this bookdrive we did in the middle of winter (it was so cold outside.. and our hot tub wasn't working)... but c'mon now. I kept my necklace on when I wasn't wearing a shirt? I suck!

What was wrong with me?! I tucked my extra shirt into my shorts? I couldn't've just left it under our table or tucked away somewhere where the venue staff could've held onto it for me? I had to tuck my shirt into my shorts like that? If I decided to wear shorts that day (that day being the middle of summer) chances are I'm not going to need an extra shirt for any reason.

I'm in the small town of George, Washington where they have a cliffside gorge that they use as a concert venue for big-time concerts, in case you're wondering.

What makes this picture more stupid is my ridiculous lunge. I wanted to be in the shot and about level with everyone else, but since I didn't bother to crop it, I just look weird... not that I didn't in the previous pictures.

one-handed egg squeeze - can't be done

If I tell you "you can't squeeze an egg in one hand to crack it", then you'll say "you're just saying that so I'll try and get egg all over my hand" in some kind of sophomoric prank. I thought it was when my wife said it couldn't be done. Naturally, I had to get video just in case.

Once you see it, you can't unsee it... kind of

I don't know if it actually falls under the 'once you see it' moniker, but someone pointed out to me that the logo for Amazon.com has an arrow going from the A to the Z.. like Amazon has everything from A to Z. Just thought I'd bring it up in case you didn't notice it before (like me)

once you see it, you can't unsee it 4

This is kind of a stretch, considering it's a movie that's over 20 years old and isn't as 'CULT' for watching it today like the Star Wars trilogy... but I never noticed that when the NPC (the red bad guy) is looking at the map. you can see Pac-Man is also on the map.

@ 00:14

The COOLEST bunk beds ever

Why didn't they have bunk beds like these when I was a kid? my wife was looking for bunk beds and found these amazing... well, lets be honest. They're not bunk beds, they're extra rooms for your house. You can find more at http://www.ababy.com/subcategory.asp?color=&Sortby=&availablity=&categoryid=170&pagestart=1&va=1

Weekend in Idaho Falls

My family and I spent the weekend at the Tautphaus Park Zoo, then Brownstone for lunch, hit up the Museum to see the World of the Pharaohs exhibit and fed the ducks afterwards (and stopped by to see the cows at Reed's Dairy). They don't allow cameras inside the museum, but here's a bit of our weekend in convenient video form.

Stupid Duck

On our way of making a weekend road trip for no reason, we saw a duck flying. It's not really anything out of the ordinary for this area, but since we're not originally from this area we're always amused by it.

One of flying really low and looked like it was going to fly right into me... so much so that it actually did. It didn't even bother flying over me like most do - just decided to slam right into me. It made a loud 'THUMP' sound like when birds fly into windows. I looked in the rear view and it appeared to be fine.

Legend of Zelda: The Movie

Based on the N64 version, Ocarina of Time but don't get your hopes up... IGN published this video on April 1st.. and it's due to come out next April 1st.

I'm sure it's not the case, but it'd be great if the April Fools joke was the fact that this was an actual movie.

Call The Undertaker

There was a huge Firework malfunction at WWE's Wrestlemania 24. The Punchline? It was when The Undertaker was in the ring.