I'm not a huge fan of "The Simpsons" but I've watched more than my share of episodes over the years. Two things related to the show are currently tickling my fancy.
The first is this clip from the new Nike commercial (made for the upcoming World Cup and called "Write the Future" - if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend you check it out) which makes me smile every time I see it which, right now, is quite a bit since I've set it up as the video that comes on when I turn on my phone. Always good to start the day with a smile:
The other is something I found just today, a website dedicated to the messages Bart writes on the board during the opening credits of the show. It's called Bart's Blackboard and they have screen shots of that scene going all the way back to Season 1. It's fun to click through though this one, from a recent episode, pretty much reiterates my feelings on the "Lost" finale.
So the Keanu Friday Find has been on hiatus the last few weeks but I'd bookmarked a few new pictures for today...until I spotted these.
Fresh from the elimination from Euro 2008 and before heading off to the UK for a return to MU, the Portuguese super striker Crisiano Ronaldo headed for a well deserved vacation and the paparazzi followed.
There are a whole load of more pictures over at JJ and I had a seriously hard time choosing one. I think even mom will like to take a look at these.
Ah! I was reading a very overly positive wrap-up of the weekend box office news from Europe and I have to say, as much as the numbers speak for themselves, the Variety folks are painting a pretty picture I'm not exactly sure is accurate.
Sure, people are still going to the movies, and someone has to win the box office battle but can they really say that the numbers didn't drop because of Euro play? Seriously? We're talking about nations that eat, drink and sleep football all year round never mind during a world class competition!
Still, it made me smile to know that there is some chatter about the lowered box office returns because of football. Not sure the same can be said for any other sport in the world!
Getting ready to watch the football game which kicks off at 11:45. We should be doing some shopping this morning but there isn't enough time before the game starts so we're sitting here watching the Czech Republic kicking ass. NICE.
The weather gods seems to be smiling on us temporarily and the weather outside has turned from ugly rain to acceptable levels of sunshine. I'm just thrilled it's not raining.
No big plans for the weekend other than watching the football game tomorrow morning and then recording a podcast on Sunday. Other than that, I'm taking it easy. To boot, for the first time in months I'll be home on a Friday night. By myself. One of the boys in the car club is in a band that's playing tonight and a few of the boys are going to see the show. Hubby asked me if I wanted to come along but I passed it up. Let them have a boys night.
I missed it last week but I won't forget today! Here's this week's KFF:
My mom is not computer friendly. While my dad makes the effort to read the news daily, I'm pretty sure mom has no concept of how to even turn the computer on.
Since hubby is on his road trip and I'm home alone, I went up to spend some time with her and cruise YouTube for Portuguese language content - that always makes her smile. An hour later, and gosh knows how many hundreds of clicks later, we do a search for something or other that leads me to stumble on what is likely the greatest commercial. EVER. Mom has informed me that it was in heavy rotation during the World Cup tournament but this is the first time I've ever seen it and it's BRILLIANT. But don't take my word for it. Check out Portugal vs. Brazil:
And of course, this IS YouTube we're talking about here so in come the related videos that will keep you busy for months but amongst much of the drek, I did find one of my favourite commercials from a while back. I call it, Elimination Chamber (trademarked, but not by me):
