Hail, Hail, Rock And Roll

Watch this insane hailstorm in Oklahoma City. Give it a minute and it gets really wild.

Mother nature is one crazy bitch!

Who Ya Gonna Call...

...for laughs and a smile? I suggest you start with Improv Everywhere. I feature one of their videos on my sight before. By their own description, "Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City." Here's their latest "mission".



This video is not only hilarious, but it's for a good cause. The message at the end of the video is a plea to public officials asking them to not close down the historic library due to city budget cuts. This was also the same library used in the opening scene of the original Ghostbusters movie.



I laughed and smiled throughout the whole video. The video got that much better once I read the behind the scenes portion of the story. Here's my favorite pics from that:




You may remember the guard talking to the first ghost who entered the library. Here's the story behind that:
"Agent Rodgers was the first ghost to enter. He grabbed a book off of a shelf on the way in and started heading for a seat. He was quickly stopped by a security guard, who had no idea what was going on.

Guard: Sir, what are you doing?
Rodgers: Um... haunting the library.

The guard allowed him to take a seat, and then went over to the information desk to laugh about it with another employee."



That's Top Flight Security of the World right there!



Then there was the ghost on the laptop... checkout what he was looking up.





These guys go all out and plan every detail. For something so spontaneous, it goes so smooth. The crowd loved it, I loved it, and I hope you loved it too. I hope Improv Everywhere keeps the good stuff coming.

Train Train Train...

For those of you unfamiliar with the term Trainspotting, it refers to someone who enjoys tracking trains and following their movements. It's a very popular hobby over in Britain. For those of you unfamiliar with gigantic balls, this guy has them:



Now, I know you may be thinking that just because he almost got killed by being a moron, doesn't necessarily mean he's packing bigger balls than the Jolly Green Giant, and you'd be right. I'm basing the size of his balls on his nonchalant reaction to nearly being killed. The guy seems to just brush it off. I'd be cussing like a sailor and screaming like a school girl. Then again, it may have just puckered him up to the point of being speechless. Either way, dammit man, that was close. It was a "near-hit"...



Ah, I miss George Carlin. That man sure had a way with words. Here's another man that had a way with words, and abnormally large testicles, one my heroes, a great story teller, and an American legend, Mr. Johnny Cash:

Poor James

This appeared in the local paper, The Press-Sentinel. People never cease to amaze me.



Poor James must not be liked much by the in-laws.

Friday Night Jam!!!

Yeah buddy! It's Friday night and it's time to get krunk in the kuntry. One of my favorite artists out there is Colt Ford and he just dropped a new CD. Here's my 2nd favorite song off the new album Chicken And Biscuits, "Cricket On A Line" ft. Rhett Akins:



And before ya'll say anything, I know that's a damn grasshopper in the video and not a cricket. I didn't make the video and I let them know about it on Youtube. Damn Yankees. LOL

So Wrong

But so damn funny.



You never know what your hidden talent is.

I Should've Learned...

...to play the piano. There are a lot of skills and talents in life that I wish I would've taken the time to develop. Playing the piano is one of them. I never really thought much of the piano at an early age. Sure, it was beautiful to hear some old lady at church play a hymn on, but that was it. Then one summer at church camp in Tifton, GA, I realized the true power of a piano.



The gym we had all of our meetings in had a game room to pass the down time and consume our quarters. Its was also one of the few places you got to hang with Christians of the female variety. To a young man going through puberty, this was a VERY popular spot. Then one day it happened. I was knee deep into a game of Donkey Kong Jr. and even had a decent crowd watching. All of a sudden I heard a racket and noticed everyone was disappearing around me. I played until my game ended and decided to see what on earth could possibly be more interesting than video games and Dr. Pepper. The hallway between the game room and the gym had a small piano, and on this piano was a young man banging away at those ivory keys, and all around this unlikely duo of a boy and an old lady's instrument was what must of been every pretty girl in all of Tifton Georgia that day. With every Jerry Lee Lewis impression the young beauties of south Georgia giggled, swooned and swayed. This young man, was suddenly the Alpha Male of church camp.



How could this be? I was outmatched. This was unfair. How could a young man compete with this? My sense of humor could only get me so far, and to be frank, I was kinda shy and awkward as a young man, so getting a girl to laugh was my best bet. Still working that angle today as a matter of fact. So, along with all the other guys, I returned in defeat to my video games. And everyday for the rest of the week, the young Elton John entertained the ladies. I hope he turned out gay too.



Regardless of what this young man's sexual orientation turned out to be, the fact was that day, he was the man. Not to mention, his talent was amazing. I played instruments growing up, but none had the effect on the ladies like that piano did. And, as everyman can attest, pretty much everything we do in life, is simply to impress women. So chalk one up for that guy. Now, the whole inspiration for this article and trip down memory lane, was because of this video I came across this morning of another talented young man by the name of Greyson Michael
a sixth grader with mad skills on the black and ivory keys. Here he performs a version of "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga:



Now, I was skeptical at first to even watch the video, because I think very little of Lady Gaga. To quote young Greyson "Lady Gaga is a freak". But her songs are pretty catchy. Well, this young man's version of her song was much better. It look like he is already impressing the ladies as well. This skill will take you far young Jedi master. I'm sure one day you'll be watching a grown up version of Greyson on TV. I look forward to it. As for me, it's never too late to learn something new. Maybe I should buy a keyboard and take some lessons. Who knows? I could be the next "Piano Man".