Overheard while enjoying a Pomegranate Frappuccino on one of the city’s many Starbucks patios.

Girl 1: Did you want to sit down?
Girl 2: Yeah, thanks.
G1: I’m going to get a drink, did you want me to get you one?
G2: No, no. I’m feeling sick. I don’t want anything.
G1: Are you sure?
G2: I’ll just have half of whatever you’re having.
G1: Okay.
G2: Don’t get the green tea thing, I don’t like it. Get a Mocha Frappuccino.
G1: But I don’t like Mocha Frapps. What do you want? I’ll get you something.
G2: No, no. I’m feeling sick. I don’t want anything.

In 2003 Nintendo had one of the best commercials out there, entitled “School’s Out”

You’ve probably seen it already. Heck, I’ve probably blogged it already. If you haven’t you really should watch the video above. Brilliant.

What might not have seen is a short behind the scenes video of the filiming of this commercial. You can take a look at it here.

It’s pretty amazing how many people were involved in creating this ad. Well, aside from the 500+ kids running around.

Kudos to my roommate, he makes great a great hummus spread. However his little culinary concoction left the entire upstairs of our apartment smelling like said spread. This lasted all through the night and into the early morning as I left for work. It is not the most helpful thing when you wake up in the middle of the night and you try to fight off the urge for a late night snack.

Thankfully I commandeered a portion of it for lunch today and I am enjoying every bit of it. Oh yeah, I partook in some of your pita stash as well Graig. I owe you.

Speaking of tasty food, last night after martial arts practice, Noodle, L and I stopped by a great Cheese Shop at Eglington and Mount Pleasant. After tasting a variety of excellent dairy treats I walked away with a chunk of delicious smoked cheddar and a bit of another cheese I bought on impulse but have no idea what it’s called. Definitely a mild to medium taste to it with a bit of a sharp flavour at the end. Does that make sense?

All I need is a bottle of red wine, a few crackers and I’ve got an awesome dinner tonight.

Which killing machine reigns supreme?! If you’re using a dinky pistol, the Hatori Hanzo blade of course. Now if you’re firing 50 cal slugs at it from a machine gun, that’s a whole different story.

It is still amazing how many bullets it managed to take before going down. Perhaps enough to close the distance between the swordsman and the gunner? Only if you’re incredibly skilled or incredibly crazy!

The elevators in my office building come equiped with small LCD screens. They regulary pipe out news, comercials, weather reports, things to look at while you’re stuck in that metal box for a few seconds. I do enjoy the fact that the advertisement system is called “Captivate” as in “Captivate your audience”. More like Captive audience.

This morning as I took the ride up in said elevators I noticed the comercial playing was for Lisa Loeb’s reality television show #1 Single, now playing in Canada on The Life Network. The sight of the ever-cute Ms. Loeb grabbed my attention, but it wasn’t enough to stir me from the early morning fog hanging over me.

Just when the elevator bell rang to signifying my stop, I looked up at the screen to see Lisa pull up her shirt and show the camera her bra! Hello! No need for that wake-up cup of tea this morning. No sir-ree-bob.

I never understood the appeal of groping a random girl in a crowded club or concert. It seems to be the manly-man thing to do, or at least in the Alpha Male circles. I’ve never prescribed to that sort of thing because I could never really understand why I should do it in the first place.

Now I have a healthy attraction to female curves. I can appreciate a supple breast and a firm buttock just like any other guy. You don’t have to explain to me the joy induced by playing around on those curves, I’m pretty clear on all of the above. But there’s a difference between walking your fingers along a consenting partner and forcibly pawing an unsuspecting victim.

Does the idea of violating a girls body appeal to you so much? In no short words it’s what you’re doing, no matter how “small” a gesture you think it might be. If that sort of thing turns you on you better get some help fast because that’s not right at all.

And honestly how much enjoyment can you get off of a few seconds of inappropriate touching? I’d rather take my time with the gal, let the fun last long after the night is done. But if a quick honk on a horn is all that it takes to get you guys up and running … well, I guess I’m sorry about that.

I don’t think I could ever try to cop a feel from a random girl. Violating a girl’s space just to get a quick hormone fix doesn’t seem worth it. If that makes me any less a man, so be it. I was never Alpha Male material anyway.

Wired has an article about The Cult of Leia’s Metal Bikini.

“There’s no doubt that the sight of Carrie Fisher in the gold sci-fi swimsuit was burned into the sweaty subconscious of a generation of fanboys hitting puberty in the spring of 1983. But, remarkably, it’s women for whom the costume holds the most enduring meaning today. [MORE]

I for one am so happy that it is so enduring to women. Because of that we have Leia’s Metal Binki dot com. So so happy.

That’s right! Joss is working on the next “season” of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, although be it in comic book form. That’s not necessairly a bad thing if you’ve happened to read some of his other comic books.

“So what’s going on in the extended Buffyverse? Well, you may recall the show ended with the creation of an army of Slayers. Now they’re organized, and the tide has turned in favor of the good guys. Ah, but you know how much Whedon hates winners: Soon an ‘old enemy’ surfaces (Dark Horse is cagey on Big Bad’s identity), and Dawn starts ‘experiencing serious growing pains.’” [MORE]

You should also click that link for a look at the cover artwork by Jo Chen. Very nice!

Come on Lifehacker. I know you are supposed to be providing us with lots of neat computer related tips to make our lives easier, but an article on How to keep your Windows taskbar hidden?! If Joe/Jane Computer User has managed to find your site I’m pretty sure they know how to do that.

Kung Fu Force Grip

Originally uploaded by jeremiah newbie.

Since when did Obi-Wan need samurai armour, complete with pointy helmet and shield? Since when did he wield nunchucks?!

You kids with your mixed up toys! You’re going down a path I can’t follow.