Beautiful and depressing. I wonder what kind of training was involved in getting an elephant to do this?

I found this on some discussion board yesterday. It was a high resolution photo of 1906 San Francisco post Earthquake.

Wow. I never realized the devastation that happened in San Fran during the big earthquake. I love San Francisco. I went to University in Berkeley from 1996-2000, so I have fond memories of the Bay... but seeing what SF had to be rebuilt from in less than 100 years gives me a newfound appreciation for the city and it's inhabitants.

So I don't kill your bandwith, I uploaded a smaller version of the pic with some blow ups from the photo in it's original size.

Every weekend, me and a few of my buddies go to a local gym to play a few hours of basketball. I'm happy to say that we've been able to keep it up for almost 2 years now...but I'm embarrassed to admit that it's the only physical activity that I've been able to religiously follow. As a result, my basketball game is the best it's been but I'm in sub-par physical shape.Over the course of those two years, we have met and become friends with a few of the "regulars" (people you regularly see playing basketball). Some of them are a little nutty (like that short, hairy, balding 50 year-old dude who hangs out around the 3-point line and launches the ugliest shot you've ever seen...but somehow manages to make a decent amount of them and yell at the top of his lungs, "IN YOUR FACE!!!") and others are pretty cool."Asian Girl W/ The Jumper" is one of the cool cats. But what I DIDN'T know is she happens to write one of the funniest blogs I've seen in some time. It's called "He Looks Like" and it's her made up story of what people in various pictures "look like". She's been at if for many years now...and the cool thing is people chime in with their own interpretation of the picture. Here's a selection of some of the pictures....as you can see they are rich with material to riff off of. Check out the blog (make sure you go through the archives) HERE.

Jerry sent this video to me...and I can see why. The "Techno Viking" looks like he came straight out of the Tequila comic (you'll know him when you see him!). Not only does he look like an uber-badass...but he dances with such style!Gobi's super busy working on the Tequila comic right now so I won't bother him...but I'd LOVE to see his version of this larger than life personality.

I don't know what to think. Horror Opera? But I am embarrassingly intrigued by what's been shown thus far. I love the cheesy 80's rock opera sound. The leather fetish garb and sharp stuff looks kind of neat. I'm also really into the way the bad dude's face lights up in a pale blue under that funky mask. A part of me thinks I may like this in that guilty way I'll occasionally enjoy McDonald's Chicken McNuggets with Sweet & Sour and Hot Mustard sauce.The track record of those involved isn't very good. The Director is best known for Saw II, III, and IV (which I refuse to see). The credibility Paul Sorvino brings is eradicated by casting Paris Hilton...but then again, the cheese factor Paris' participation brings is perfect for the tone of the concept.I was mildly intrigued when Paris mentioned the project on David Letterman. Now it's up to my will power to hold me back from spending my hard earned cash to see this in theatres and wait for it's emminent release on Netflix. Still, it's tempting...we'll see how I feel when it's in theatres April 2008!

Sucklord's been in the business for a bit. He's a hard core Star Wars fan that's been making homemade Star Wars figures. You may have seen his Pink Stormtroopers from the Gay Empire or Another Bitch You Didn't Get To Fuck at your favorite Designer Toy Store. I love the guy's sense of humor and do-it-yourself attitude.Now his Suckadelic Universe is going multimedia with his Original Villain Network on YouTube. It reminds of the video taped school projects I'd do in Jr. High School...Thanks to the ToysREvil Blog for giving me the heads up on this! ToysREvil has a nice interview with Mr. Sucklord HERE.