Danny vs. the internet

Who else is rooting for Kimi this weekend?

2013-05-24T19:30:00.002-04:00

Everything you'd need to know about the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix courtesy of Jalopnik.

Kimi Räikkönen's F1 page -> http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/drivers/12/

Why Kimi is awesome -> http://jalopnik.com/why-mumbling-weirdo-kimi-raikkonen-is-your-favorite-f1-499979978

some choice Kimi quotes:

On F1: Driving is the only thing I love about F1.

On Finnish activities: Well, in summer there’s fishing and shagging. And in winter the fishing is bad.

On winning: Yeah, winning feels good, but I’m not the type of guy who jumps up and down and rubs it in everyone’s face.

On why he races: I have decided to do motorsports because I don´t have to get up there so early in the morning.

On his helmet: It protects my head.

On collecting things: I collect walnuts.

On Army service: If the army would be voluntary I wouldn’t go there.

On speaking Italian: You can talk Italian if you want to.

I'm not entirely sure Ron Swanson is an actual character of his...

2013-05-16T11:10:00.000-04:00

via http://teamcoco.com/

Every recurring joke (thus far) on Arrested Development

2013-05-15T14:36:00.000-04:00

...in an interactive chart.

Click the source link below for the actual chart (this is just a screenshot).

MAY 26!

Source -> http://recurringdevelopments.com/#_ via http://www.geekosystem.com/recurring-developments/

"I'm used to a car with some stairs"

2013-05-13T10:02:00.002-04:00

Source -> http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Arrested_Development/70140358?locale=en-US

COFFEE NOW

2013-04-25T12:27:00.003-04:00

via -> http://en.ilovecoffee.jp/posts/view/54

Star Wars Filibuster - Parks and Rec

2013-04-18T17:29:00.000-04:00

This is why this show is awesome.

Earlier Patton Oswalt link -> http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2010/12/patton-oswalt-great-comedian-or.html

Tragedy in Boston

2013-04-18T10:19:00.000-04:00

My heart goes out to the people of the city of Boston. As a New Yorker and Yankees fan I really liked this tribute that was put up at Yankees Stadium (really quickly I might add) to show support for their rival city. While sports rivalries help keep the excitement going in competition, times like these show that's only as deep as it goes.

This terrible tragedy was nothing more than a coward trying to harm innocent people. There was no political agenda and the 3 victims who died and the dozens who were maimed, lost limbs or were otherwise injured were only there to watch a marathon on a nice day.

Craig Ferguson said it very well in his monologue the other day (excerpt below):

"Is anyone else sick of this s@#$? I seem to have to say that too often. I have to not say it's a great day for America (which he says in every monologue) for some random act of madness or terrorism."

"People say to me, Craig, your job is to make people laugh at the end of the day,and I think, yes, that's true, but I've never professed to be any damn good at that and the thing is people want to take their mind off it...I don't think it's a terrible thing to not want to think about it, but I can't not think about it. The deal I made with you when I started this show was I'll be as honest as I can be so I have to be honest. I will do the best show we can do, we'll have some laughs, we'll do what we do to a degree, but this is on my mind. I can't pretend it's not there."

"I know people say, Oh, we don't know if it's a terrorist. Yes we do! Whoever did that thing wasn't doing it for any other reason...This was some @#$% that went into a public place and left something there that he knew was gonna blow up. That's not a soldier, that's a terrorist."

"If I have all of this inside of me, if I have all this rage and anger and distress and upset inside of me, I'm not good enough a comedian to hide that from you. I can't hide it from you, it's there."

Full video embedded below.

A positive thing that I have been seeing in the days since this incident occurred is how many references to people who ran TOWARDS the event in order to help. As opposed to the degenerates that ran away...

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.
-Mr. Rogers

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Having said all that, the Authorities maintain that "Somebody knows who did this". If anybody in/around Boston recognizes these 2 people of interest (posted below), saw anybody carrying a dark-colored (heavy) nylon bag or backpack in that area (map below) on that day, or anything that can be a clue in this manhunt please contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), prompt #3

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Vatican City vs The Holy See

2013-04-09T15:25:00.001-04:00

Confused about the status of the nation existing within Rome?

CGP Grey has a video for that.

Clickable link -> http://youtu.be/OPHRIjI3hXs

Earlier related links:
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/03/how-to-become-pope.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/03/batman-vs-pope.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/01/pope-says-god-sparked-big-bang.html

RUSH

2013-04-09T09:39:00.000-04:00

The new Ron Howard movie about the 1976 Formula 1 (and English racing driver/Playboy James Hunt) season looks awesome. If the sound of Formula 1 engines doesn't get the hair on your arm to stand on end, you are either soulless or hairless.

Clickable link -> http://youtu.be/05rzPnZ6lxw
Imdb -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/
History of the 1976 Formula 1 season -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Formula_One_season

Paprika Oven-Roasted chicken

2013-04-09T09:35:00.000-04:00

The other day I had food network on and saw "The best thing I ever made". Alton Brown's paprika chicken looked really good but I had one problem with it... Olives. I hate Olives. I still felt that it needed that briny "bite" that olives would give it so I replaced them with marinated artichoke hearts. Lastly I added to the vegetables with chopped sweet potatoes and carrots.

Ingredients
6 ounces ~~pimento stuffed green olives~~ marinated artichoke hearts, chopped
2 teaspoons lemon zest
2 cloves garlic, grated
3 tablespoons smoked paprika
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, unpeeled
1 medium yellow onion, frenched

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Combine the olives, lemon zest and garlic in a small bowl. Set aside.
Mix the smoked paprika, olive oil, 3/4 teaspoon of the salt and pepper into a paste in a large bowl.
Lay the chicken thighs skin-side down. Using a pair of kitchen shears, make a cut down the length of the bone to expose it, then cut the meat away from the bone. Discard the bone. Add the boned chicken thighs to the paste and massage to coat.
~~Thinly slice the potatoes on a mandoline, about 1/4-inch thick~~. Chop up all the vegetables into 1/2" chunks Arrange the sweet potatoes, carrots, potatoes & onion pieces in an even layer on a foil-lined half sheet pan and sprinkle with the remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt.
Stuff about 2 tablespoons of the ~~olive~~ artichoke mixture under the skin of each chicken thigh. Arrange the chicken thighs, skin-side up, on a cooling rack and set the rack over the potatoes and onion in the half sheet pan. Bake until the skin is crispy and the potatoes are tender, ~~55 to 60 minutes~~.(Mine was about 75 minutes). If you prefer the potatoes crispy, remove the rack with the chicken and return to the oven for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. Serve immediately.

Honestly the ingredients couldn't have cost more than $6-7 total, other than having to wait for it to bake this was really easy...
What I'd change for next time:

-I'd probably leave the bone in, its really not worth the effort of removing it, plus it'll help with flavor.
-I'd add more lemon zest, maybe throw a few lemon slices over the skin of the thighs too

Source -> http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/smoked-paprika-chicken-thighs-with-potato-and-onion-recipe/index.html

What's the difference between England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

2013-04-08T13:21:00.002-04:00

As a big fan of British Cars, the City of London, history and meat pies, I thought this video explaining the territorial/sovereignty situation the British Isles to be very entertaining.

Check out the rest of CGP Grey's videos on his YouTube channel for more.

Clickable link -> http://youtu.be/rNu8XDBSn10

Earlier CGP Grey link -> http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/03/how-to-become-pope.html

While I do tend to prefer lamb...

2013-04-03T17:33:00.000-04:00

***Update*** This is stupid -> Pork chops are now ribeyes as US meat industry renames cuts

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This is a pretty cool infographic of all the different cuts of beef on a cow.

One of my favorite cuts is skirt steak. While this used to be cheaper its gaining some traction in the cost area as people realize how great of a piece of meat it can be if cooked (and more importantly) sliced correctly.

Here's an earlier post I did for an easy grilled skirt steak recipe -> http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/07/one-of-my-favorite-recipes-skirt-steak.html

Cuts of Beef infographic by visually.

Source -> http://visual.ly/cuts-beef via http://gizmodo.com/5993411/here-is-a-chart-showing-all-the-different-cuts-of-beef

53 Jokes that you probably missed from Arrested Development (thus far...)

2013-04-03T09:02:00.000-04:00

I randomly saw this article and felt compelled to repost it in its entirety. This is what I love most about Arrested Development, few shows can be watched continuously to the level that you will ALWAYS catch something new. How the hell did they storyboard this writing?!

...or did they?

In “Exit Strategy,” Tobias comments on how detailed Hollywood shows are, only to open a cupboard immediately after to reveal there’s nothing but a Starbucks coffee cup in there. After that, George-Michael opens a different cupboard and pulls out a granola bar, which is the only thing in that cupboard.

Scroll down for the entire list.

53 'Arrested Development' Jokes You Probably Missed

by Bradford Evans | August 20th, 2012

After six years of teasing us with talk of anArrested Development reunion, Mitch Hurwitz and Company are finally filming the new season and the movie. While the process took so long that even the cast, at times, developed an “I’ll believe it when I see it” attitude towards the project, filming of the new season of AD is finally underway and there are photos to prove it.

With any luck, the new series will be arriving on Netflix in spring of 2013, but now‘s the time to dust off those oldArrested Development DVDs to rewatch the show start-to-finish because the new season will be overflowing with in-jokes and callbacks, and it’ll benefit you to have the first three seasons fresh in your head. With that in mind, we bring you a collection of obscure jokes, references, and hidden bits of foreshadowing sprinkled throughout Arrested Development’s three-season run. The show’s so dense and riddled with intricate gags that I’m sure there are millions I missed here, so feel free to share them in the comments! And feel free to yell at me in the comments section for missing your favorite hidden jokes too! Remember: this is the Internet, and manners go out the window.

1. Tobias is an albino black man: The Arrested Development writers were known for using a lot of foreshadowing (think of all the references to Buster losing his arm to a seal, none of which will be included here because they’re well-documented elsewhere). One such plot development that the writers started to foreshadow but never followed through on was about Tobias being revealed to be a black man with a rare skin condition. Arrested Development star Alia Shawkiat spilled the beans in an interview, saying:

“[The writers have] gone on little tangents where you think they're going to start a storyline and they'll pull it back. I remember they were going to do one about Tobias actually being a rare black person, where he would have this rare disease and was actually black. It's these hysterical, crazy ideas that they could have continued on.”

Fox cutting the second and third seasons short might have had something to do with this plotline being dropped, but there are references to Tobias being a black man sprinkled throughout the show. Here are a few:

Tobias: I am surprised that she’s going after somebody so similar to my own type.
(in reference to Lindsay flirting with Ice the Bounty Hunter, from the episode “Good Grief”)

Lindsay: People hear the name Tobias, they think ‘big black guy.’
Tobias: Well, obviously, I’m not a big guy. I’m not a Carl Weathers, par example. (from the episode “Afternoon Delight”)
Lucille: Michael. I was almost attacked last night in my own home. I walk in and there’s a colored man in my kitchen.
Michael: “Colored?” What color was he exactly?
Lucille: Blue. (from the episode “Afternoon Delight”)

Lindsay (to Maeby): I don’t know where that hair of yours came from. (in reference to how Maeby’s frizzy hair hurt her chances in child beauty pageants, from the episode “Notapusy”)

And then, there’s the cover of Tobias’s book, The Man Inside Me:

2. Check out this subtle gag from the pilot, spotted by 9gag, involving GOB repeatedly conning George-Michael into trading money for Monopoly games:

3. Lucille’s housekeeper Lupe is always wearing the Bluths’ old holiday clothing that is two holidays behind. In “In God We Trust,” she wears a “BOO!” sweatshirt during a Christmas party. In “Marta Complex,” she wears a “Gobble Gobble” sweatshirt on Valentine’s Day. In “The Cabin Show,” there’s a flashback to 1994 in which she’s wearing a Bush/Quayle sweatshirt.

4. In “Public Relations,” George-Michael is at the banana stand talking about how he “managed to send a bum away without hurting his feelings.” Then, there’s a shot of a homeless man with a “Bluths Bananas” balloon (with the Bananagrabber on it).

Later on in the episode, there’s a shot of a newspaper and a tiny headline at the bottom reads “Bum Gets Balloon”:

5. Cloud Mir Vodka, the brand that Lindsay is hired to promote in “Public Relations” resurfaces throughout the show in various ways. The various Cloud Mir appearances are catalogued here on theArrested Development fansite The O.P.

6. The gag about Maeby’s alter ego Surely’s name being a play on her own name is a pretty obvious one, but another of George-Michael’s love interests, his ethics teacher Miss Barely (Heather Graham), also has a name that plays off of Maeby’s.

7. There’s a running joke throughout the show involving surveillance teams that use the conspicuous name “Blendin” on the vans for their fake businesses. In “Shock and Aww,” it’s “Blendin Mobile Pet Grooming.” In “Staff Infection,” it’s “Blendin Electric Company.” In “The One Where They Build a House,” it’s “Blendin Moving and Storage.” In “Mr. F.,” it’s “Blendin Catering.”

8. In “Staff Infection,” Tobias leaves Lindsay this note “from the desk of Dr. Tobias Fünke” but crosses out “the desk of Dr.”

9. Michael refers to his employees as sheep in the episode “Staff Infection.” Later on, when he means to send them to lunch, they accidentally board a bus that Lupe reserved for her family, which is labeled “Church of the Good Shepherd.” One of the employees who is always in the back of the group is wearing a black shirt (black sheep). Also in that same episode, when George-Michael finds the folder of his old school projects in Michael’s office, there’s an art project of a sheep made of cottonballs on top.

The Church of the Good Shepherd resurfaces in Season 2 as the church where Anne and George-Michael try to get married.

10. In “Whistler’s Mother,” the very first episode that features Oscar, Oscar’s first line is “Heeeey nephew” as he enters and begins giving Michael a backrub.

11. Also in “Whistler’s Mother,” Tobias is seen reading a book called Acting: Like a Man when Lindsay is dancing for him.

12. In “Let ‘Em Eat Cake,” a whiteboard at the hospital says the head nurse is named “Ratchet,” a reference toOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

13. There’s a shot of an Amazon.com-esque page for Tobias’s book The Man Inside Me in “Let ‘Em Eat Cake.” There are several other books and videos listed from other episodes. There’s also an LGBT diet book that Barry Zuckerkorn seemed to have written under the name B.J. Zuckerkorn.

14. The titles of the first three episodes of Season Two are references to the show Friends (a little-known NBC sitcom that had a cult following in the 90s/00s). Every episode of Friends was titled “The One Where…” with the episode’s plot making up the rest of the name. The first two Season Two AD episodes were “The One Where Michael Leaves” and “The One Where They Build a House.” The third, a Mexico-set episode, was called “Amigos,” which is Spanish for “friends.”

15. In “The One Where They Bought a House,” George Sr.’s yarmulke tan line is visible when he’s arrested in Mexico.

16. In “Good Grief,” there’s a shot of the yellow pages, with the character Ice’s ads for his bounty hunter business and party planner business. There’s also an ad for Gene Parmesan off to the side.

17. In “Afternoon Delight” when the banana stand is pulled out of the sea after being vandalized by teenagers, the graffiti is tough to read but it seems to say, “I’ll get u Bluths – Hello.” This is a full season before it’s revealed that Annyong’s real name is “Hel-loh” and that he is determined to get revenge on the Bluths.

18. Also “Afternoon Delight,” there’s a moment where GOB is in the middle of talking, saying, “-king 63 hundred dollar suit. Come on!" Later in the episode, there’s a flashback to the first part of GOB’s sentence, in which he says, “No, Al. I want to spill booze all over my fu…” GOB’s expletive got through uncensored, it was just split in half.

19. In “Afternoon Delight,” this image of a turtle appears on the packaging of Oscar’s marijuana, possibly foreshadowing the death of Buster’s turtle from eating Oscar’s marijuana one season later in “Prison Break-In.”

20. In “Burning Love,” the car dealership Stan Sitwell test drives a car from is called “Depeche Motors,” a reference to that band Depeche Mode.

21. Also in “Burning Love,” Rob Corddry’s character Moses Taylor’s gun organization is called H.O.O.G. (Hands Off Our Guns), which recalls the name of Lindsay’s anti-circumcision group from season one, H.O.O.P. (Hands Off Our Penises).

22. When the Fox news anchor is doing a story about a charity auction where elderly women are bid for in “Burning Love,” the title “Antiques Sold at Auction” appears on screen

23. This photo, from “Out on a Limb,” is a projection of what Michael and Sally Sitwell’s hypothetical child would have looked like. The text beneath indicates it’s from Lindsay’s failed business, “Mommy What Will I Look Like?”

24. Dan Castellaneta, probably best known for voicing Homer Simpson on another Fox sitcom about a dysfunctional family, played Dr. Stein in the Arrested Development episode “Sword of Destiny.” Castellaneta got to repeat his famous Simpsons catchphrase with the line, “The operation went pretty smoothly. But once I got in there, the appendix wasn’t so inflamed. D’oh!”

25. Also in “Sword of Destiny,” Dan Castellaneta’s character Dr. Stein’s first name is revealed to be Frank at the end, a reference to Frankenstein. He also switches GOB’s fingers.

26. In “Meet the Veals,” a drug dog sniffs Buster’s hook and tackles him. This is because Oscar smoked pot out of Buster’s hook earlier in the episode.

27. In “Meet the Veals,” when Maeby is reading a movie script titled “Operation: Hot Mother,” the same name of Buster’s plan in “Motherboy XXX.” The script also mentions that it’s “based on a true story.”

28. In “Spring Breakdown,” GOB’s poster reads “Mr. Magician,” a callback to George-Michael’s “Mr. Manager” bit from Season 1.

29. This yearbook page from “The Cabin Show” is littered with throwaway jokes, but one of them warrants further explanation. Right next to Eve Holt is a student named “Marilyn Kleist”:

Nickname: “Crafty”
Hopes to One Day: “Serve millions.”
Quote: “Who’s hungry?”

Craft service (or Crafty) is the name of the department on movie and TV sets that provides the cast and crew with food and beverages. Marilyn Kleist is the name of a real-life craft service worker, who has worked on Mad Menand The Shield. It’s not listed on her IMDb page, but I’m guessing she was the craft service person for Arrested Development too.

30. This letter from the Sons and Dads Reunion Project (S.A.D.) that GOB receives in “The Cabin Show” isn’t as packed with jokes as a typicalArrested Developmenttext, but there’s one really good one in here: The Reunion Project’s headquarters are at “the corner of Hyde and No.Hope.”

31. In “The Cabin Show,” Kitty has a blue handprint on her head from George Sr. and it makes her bangs stand up a laThere’s Something About Mary.

32. In “For British Eyes Only,” Michael tells George Sr. “That’s a wonderful performance, Dad. You’re a regular Brad Garrett.” This is a reference to Garrett beating Jeffrey Tambor to an “Outstanding Supporting Actor” Emmy the previous season.

33. During the same scene from “For British Eyes Only,” Michael is confronting George Sr. about his meeting with Saddam Hussein and George Sr. says, “I thought that was the guy who played the Soup Nazi… I told him how much I liked his work.” This photo is displayed, in which Saddam’s apron says “You’ll take it the way I make it,” a pretty Soup Nazi-ish phrase. (The photo’s also dated 1998, which is the year of the Soup Nazi’s last appearance on the Seinfeld finale, but that could just be a coincidence). Later in the season, in “Exit Strategy,” Larry Thomas, who played the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld, plays a Saddam Hussein lookalike.

34. In “For British Eyes Only,” the TV footage of Michael getting hit by the puppet in Little Britain is from the WeeBBC.

35. In “Forget-Me-Now,” Bob Loblaw (played by Scott Baio) gives the Bluths this speech which is a big ol’Happy Days reference: “Look, this is not the first time I’ve been brought in to replace Barry Zuckerkorn. I think I can do for you everything he did. Plus, I skew younger. With juries and so forth.”

36. In this scene from “Notapusy,” George-Michael’s shirt exactly matches the color of the candy beans he is eating.

37. In “The Ocean Walker,” Buster is dancing to Styx’s “Mr. Roboto” while sitting in the staircar and he accidentally sinks his hook into the dashboard. This sequence is an homage to a Volkswagen commercial a young Tony Hale did in 1999 (in which his character didn’t have a hook for a hand).

38. In "Prison Break-In," George Sr. calls GOB "Einstein" via the surrogate, who is played by actor Bob Einstein.

39. In “Making a Stand,” the narrator (Ron Howard) refers to Maeby as “Hollywood’s third youngest movie executive” which is pretty absurd because her character is 15 at the time.

40. Also in “Making a Stand,” several titles of “Baby Buster” shorts are advertised on the covers of the Boyfights videos. One is titled: “Baby Buster: Too Old to Breastfeed.” Later in the episode, some painters recognize Buster from the videos at Lucille’s apartment and they shout “Yo quiero leche! Leche de madre!” at him, which translates to “I want milk! My mother’s milk!”

41. The end credits of “S.O.B.s” (in which Andy Richter plays a set of quintuplets):

42. In “Fakin’ It,” Michael discovers a secret room in the model house which contains a bunch of family pictures and documents but also Tobias’s bodybuilding magazines. Maeby refers to it as her dad’s “exercise room” and George-Michael comments that he always knocks first before entering. In “Exit Strategy,” Michael discovers a secret room in the house’s counterpart in Iraq, which contains a nuclear warhead. So, basically, the Iraq equivalent of the Bluths’ secret room has a nuclear warhead in it, whereas the Bluths’ secret room is Tobias gay porn masturbation chamber.

43. In “Family Ties,” a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger, then the Governor of California, appears on George Michael and Maeby’s marriage certificate.

44. In “Exit Strategy,” there’s a reference to Buster renting “the only rickshaw in Baghdad.” Gary Cole’s CIA Agent character in the same episode is named Richard Shaw, a play on the word “rickshaw.”

45. Also in “Exit Strategy,” Tobias comments on how detailed Hollywood shows are, only to open a cupboard immediately after to reveal there’s nothing but a Starbucks coffee cup in there. After that, George-Michael opens a different cupboard and pulls out a granola bar, which is the only thing in that cupboard.

46. In “Development Arrested,” a newspaper article appears onscreen about Rita landing a job as a movie executive. If you look closely, you’ll see a smaller headline beneath it that reads “TV DVD Sales Enjoy All Time High.” So, the show’s final episode featured a reference to how well DVD sales are doing for the show, which you can only notice if you pause the scene on DVD.

47. Maybe not the most subtle gag, but one that I love to death:

48. This may only be something that Southern Californians noticed, but John Beard, the Fox news anchor who appears throughout Arrested Development, is an actual newsman who anchored the Fox evening news for the Los Angeles affiliate, KTTV, from 1993 to 2007. KTTV was also Orange County’s Fox affiliate, meaning Beard was the real newsman for the place where Arrested Development was set, as well. When Arrested Development was airing at 9:30 on Sunday nights during its first season, the evening news would immediately follow the show, so it would be pretty common to see John Beard do a scene on Arrested Development and then see him anchor the nightly news right after.

49. One of the coolest running jokes in Arrested Development is how the writers hid the actors in other roles throughout the show. For example, in the Season Two episode “Amigos,” Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Tony Hale all appear in a clip of a Mexican silent film from 1927:

Here they are in a shot from the set of that same episode:

50. Here’s Tony Hale playing a soldier in a 1940s British war movie, as seen in the episode “Notapusy”:

Bronwen Masters, who plays the nurse in the scene, resurfaces on Arrested Development several episodes later in “Exit Strategy,” where she plays Buster’s nurse and they recreate the same conversation, almost verbatim, that these two movie characters have in the war film.

51. In another similar instance, this quick shot of an English/Spanish dictionary from “Beef Consommé” features pictures that resemble Tobias, GOB, Michael, and Linsday:

(The last word, "hielo," is Spanish for "ice," which is the name of the character who comes in the following season. Probably just a coincidence, but maybe not.)

52. This shot of the band Motherboy (from the episode “Motherboy XXX”) seems to feature at least a couple of cameos from the show’s male cast.

53. This shot of a Village People-esque group from “SOBS,” not so much. But it’s possible that one or two of these guys are AD cast members. You decide!

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***Update*** another one

In S01E10 “Pier Pressure” Buster is pulling out his Medical Marijuana binder from what we can assume are binders related to other ‘Studies’ that Buster has taken part in, and what we observe is a binder labeled:

“HEMISPHERECTOMY SURGERY” (see picture above)

A hemispherectomy is a very rare surgical procedure where one cerebral hemisphere (half of the brain) is removed or disabled.

Might this explain a lot about why Buster as an adult is still needing constant supervision…. among other things…

“may suffer problems with their vision as well.”
“Feeling tired or depressed.”
“…you lose use of the hand opposite of the hemisphere that was removed.”
Q: “What Risks Are Associated With a Functional Hemispherectomy?

A: Delayed (or arrested) development.

via http://thebluthcompany.tumblr.com/post/46900209236/mattzakgoldmanstacks-sent-a-link-to-a-reddit

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More Arrested development (season 4) links/news -> http://splitsider.com/2012/08/arrested-development-starts-shooting-today/ & http://splitsider.com/2012/10/arrested-developments-new-season-everything-there-is-to-know/

Source: http://splitsider.com/2012/08/53-arrested-development-jokes-you-probably-missed/

Earlier Arrested Development links: http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2012/01/entire-cast-of-arrested-development.html http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/11/arrested-development-to-be-revived-in.html & http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/01/arrested-development-paper-dolls.html & http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/03/gaddafis-and-bluths.html

ITS A UNIX SYSTEM! IN 3D!

2013-04-02T12:47:00.000-04:00

I'm very excited about the re-release of a movie (now in 3D) that I've seen probably over 100 times... Actually I am. For the 20th anniversary* of Jurassic Park it is being released in all 3 3D formats in theaters on April 5. The question is do I want to see it in RealD 3D, IMAX 3D or Dolby 3D? feedback welcomed.

Official movie page -> http://www.jurassicpark.com/

Earlier Jurassic Park related links:
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/01/yes-dinosaurs-are-still-cool.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/09/dinosaur-feathers-trapped-in-amber.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/04/science.html

3D movie theater types -> http://www.diyaudioandvideo.com/TV/3D/Theater/

It never hurts to be ready...

2013-04-02T10:56:00.000-04:00

(I do not own this comic or make any claim on it, I'm just a big fan)

Earlier Calvin posts:
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/03/it-would-be-cool-if-this-actually.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/02/calvin-and-hobbes-is-still-best.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/01/7-snowmen-that-would-traumatize.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/12/tribute-to-calvin-style-snowmen.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/02/terrifying-snowmen.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2010/12/calvin-this-kid.html

"Its completely wireless"

2013-03-29T08:58:00.002-04:00

Somersby cider, in the UK, has released a new ad poking fun at the hype behind product launches with another company associates with APPLEs...

Enjoy.

Clickable link -> http://youtu.be/Y3rNQ2pTyAY

via Gizmodo

10 things every driver should know

2013-03-27T15:43:00.000-04:00

cross-posted from Jalopnik as a follow up to "Traffic laws the NEED to change"

Yes, I'm often bitter about driving mostly due to the fact that the vast majority of people feel that its both a right and something easy to do well. I'm here to relay the message of this post that simply isn't the case. I could go on and on about how one should actually learn to drive in different conditions, how to react in a slide, how traffic should (AND IS DESIGNED TO) flow but I'll let the pasted post below do that for me.

Really we should be trying for a system of Fahrvergnügen as opposed to driving simply being something one has to do to get to work...

Happy Motoring!

Photo Credit: Sparktography

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10.) The Left Lane Isn't For You

It's for passing, not for cruising at or juuuust above the speed limit.

Suggested By: RXEight, Photo Credit: Jason Torchinsky/Jalopnik

9.) Merging Is All About Flow

Merging is difficult for most people, apparently. Remember that you're part of a whole traffic flow, not just a single car against many others. Reader Grrrowler has a few simple rules for merging.

1. It's impossible to merge when going significantly faster or significantly slower than the traffic you're merging with. Slowing down to 20 when traffic is doing 65 does make the merge safer. In fact, it has quite the opposite effect.

2. Two vehicles cannot occupy the same space on the road at the same time. If there's a car next to you, you can't merge there. You need to slow down or speed up. It's not incumbent on the traffic in the travel lanes to make room for you (although it can be the polite thing to do).

3. A turn signal is an indicator of your wish to move to another lane, a request if you will. It is not a divine right to simply move into the next lane regardless of how it will affect other drivers. If you're not sure what turn signals are or how to use them, then we have a whole other problem.

4. Once you're on the freeway, speed the hell up to move with existing traffic! Just because you were doing 45 on the entrance ramp doesn't mean you should do 45 on the freeway. If you want to travel at surface street speeds, then stay on the surface streets.

Suggested By: Thunder and Brian, The Life of, Photo Credit: Cliffski

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8.) Four Wheel Drive Won't Save You

Just because your 4wd SUV/Audi/Subaru accelerates really well in the snow, doesn't mean it can slow down any faster than anyone else. If you drive like a jackass in the winter, your four wheel drive won't save you.

Suggested By: McMike, Photo Credit: Getty Images

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7.) In Freezing Conditions, You Have The Least Traction Where You Need It Most

Reader Joe_Limon excellently explains that the places where people regularly accelerate or brake get worn down and extra slick in icy conditions. This means that when you approach an intersection, it will be extra slippery. When you approach a blind spot on the highway, it will be extra slippery. When you're driving on a gravel road, it will be extra slippery before and after intersections or turns. Read the whole thing here.

Suggested By: Joe_Limon, Photo Credit: AFCkeeper95

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6.) Just Because You Signal, Doesn't Mean There's A Space

You're signalling. Great. That's a big step up from not signalling at all before you turn. Now you just have to remember to CHECK YOUR GODDAMN BLIND SPOTS before you cut into the next lane.

Suggested By: Menebrio, Photo Credit: Chris1051

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5.) You Turn Into The Skid

That language is always a little unclear, so we'll just say that if you're in an emergency situation in a basic front-drive whatevercar, you want to point the wheel in the direction you want to go. It's that simple. How do you point the way you want to go? You look in the direction that you want to go instead of looking at what you want to avoid. Look to your way out, not the car/bus/tree/wall you're trying to avoid.

Suggested By: owen-magnetic and macshome, Photo Credit: Kouks

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4.) You Need To Leave Space Between Cars

This one is simple: tailgating is dangerous. If a car ahead of you has to slow down, you can't magically slow right down with them. You need a few car lengths to make up for your inevitable reaction time.

Suggested By: Brian, The Life of, Photo Credit: Trey Ratcliff

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3.) Looking Ahead Makes You Safer

Reader Patrick Frawley explains this one best.

Keep looking ahead as far as possible. Pay attention to what's really coming up instead of what's just in front of you. If you can react earlier, it's better both for you and everyone behind you.

Suggested By: Patrick Frawley, Photo Credit: Samira

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2.) You Shouldn't Do Other Things While Driving

Texting, drinking, reading, eating, or screwing: don't do them behind the wheel. They all involve taking your eyes and your attention away from what's in front of you. Like the crash you're about to have.

Suggested By: $kaycog, Photo Credit: ssmmaa66/YouTube

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1.) Everyone Else Is Out To Get You

Want to drive safe? Just remember that everyone else on the roads is incompetent, distracted, and they might as well be out to smash your car into a wall. It's up to you to stay out of an accident.

Suggested By: Guy Meurice, Photo Credit: Ian T Edwards

How to become the Pope

2013-03-27T14:35:00.002-04:00

explained by CGP Grey

Clickable link -> http://youtu.be/kF8I_r9XT7A

Earlier Pope links:
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/03/batman-vs-pope.html & http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/01/pope-says-god-sparked-big-bang.html

It would be cool if this actually happened

2013-03-20T11:11:00.000-04:00

...and was endorsed by Bill Watterson

Nonetheless, check out this fan made Calvin and Hobbes animation short

clickable link -> http://youtu.be/KckYcuiKAN8

Source -> http://www.geekosystem.com/28-seconds-of-an-animated-calvin-and-hobbes-is-warm-and-fuzzy-video/

Earlier Calvin posts:
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/02/calvin-and-hobbes-is-still-best.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/01/7-snowmen-that-would-traumatize.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/12/tribute-to-calvin-style-snowmen.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2013/02/terrifying-snowmen.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2010/12/calvin-this-kid.html

(Disclaimer: I do not own the video or claim to own any part of Calvin and Hobbes, I'm just a big fan)

Star Wars family/apprentice/master/enemy tree

2013-03-18T11:05:00.004-04:00

I love infographics...

Source -> http://www.joe-stone.co.uk/portfolio/swfamilytree.html via http://digg.com/

Danny Boy Muppets style

2013-03-17T21:52:00.003-04:00

Here's an old video from the Muppets show with 3 of the most unintelligble characters (?) in history singing "Danny Boy". My name AND the muppets?!

Happy St. Patrick's day!

Clickable link -> http://youtu.be/OCbuRA_D3KU

Source -> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/17/muppet-danny-boy-the-only-st.html

Last year's St. Pat's post -> http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/03/happy-st-patricks-day-heres-your-potato.html

If all your favorite sites were people...

2013-03-15T16:19:00.000-04:00

Facebook seems shockingly accurate...

Traffic / Vehicle laws that NEED to change

2013-03-14T08:17:00.003-04:00

There are several things that frustrate me about driving in the United States. Where should I start...I get that there is traffic, anywhere there are cars is going to generate some sort of traffic. The problem is most traffic is caused by morons who aren't driving properly, eg didn't signal, can't merge, DRIVING TOO SLOW IN THE LEFT LANE, or people driving vehicles way too fast that were originally designed as commuter appliances....(eg, that '94 Camry shouldn't be going 87 on the highway, I don't care how fantastic of a driver you believe you are). I'm also an enthusiast of cars not originally sold stateside (or sold for only 4 years in the case of the Land Rover Defender). The 25 year import ban is ridiculous and was only instituted because Mercedes wanted people to stop buying sedans outside the US for far less than a similar model (with a smaller motor) was being sold here. Lastly, your pseudo-HID headlights in housings originally intended for halogens are blinding me and aren't helping you see anything better than your OEMs were...

Jalopnik has a great article on these points (and a few more that get on my nerves), pasted below.

Photo Credit: Richard Masoner

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10.) Heavy Tickets For Left Lane Hogs

We admire the cop who ticketed a driver doing two under in the left lane but we need to see this happen more, and we need harsher tickets as well. The left lane is for passing.

Suggested By: Tonylukes, Photo Credit: rik

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9.) Mandatory Driving Tests For The Elderly

I love my grandma, but we only knew she had to give up her keys when she got into one accident and then drove on the curb at night with her lights off. Regulating the elderly when they mess up is a bad system. We need regular checks to see if they’re safe to drive.

Suggested By: thestanwastaken, Photo Credit: Matteo Pieroni

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8.) Stop Signs Should Act As Yield Signs For Bicycles

We can’t remember how many times we and friends of ours have been ticketed for rolling through stop signs in completely empty, safe intersections. It’s bullshit.

Suggested By: ttyymmnn, Photo Credit: L ynn Friedman

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7.) Fines For Bad Headlights

Improperly aimed headlights, particularly poorly-aligned aftermarket kits, are a hazard to other drivers. We need to ticket everyone from lifted bro trucks to cheaply-modded hatchbacks.

Suggested By: Dean, Photo Credit: Jorge Quinteros

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6.) Raise Speed Limits For Passing

It shouldn’t count as speeding if you need to get up past the limit to execute a safe pass. A slow overtake can be dangerous.

Suggested By: driveaboutMAXIMUMVRM, Photo Credit: CameliaTWU

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5.) Tiered Licenses

As reader fintail put it, “the same license that allows you a Rio allows you a Veyron, and the same endorsement that allows you a Vespa allows you a turbo Busa or a 1500lb hog/2 wheeled Civic with no doors.” We like the idea of having tiered licenses that keep bad drivers out of large and fast cars, and restrict full driving privileges to drivers with a good record and additional training.

Suggested By: fintail and gt40mkII, Photo Credit: Superbad

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4.) Legalize Lane Splitting

This one is a no-brainer. Lane-splitting for motorcycles is safe and efficient and should be legal in all 50 states.

Suggested By: dreygata, Photo Credit: gth_42

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3.) Tickets For Not Signalling

Reader DontPanic1 sums this one up nicely.

ENFORCE MOTHERF&^%ING TURN/INDICATOR SIGNALS. I live in DC/VA and NO ONE uses an indicator. Not to turn, not to change lanes, not to do anything and I wish people would be pull for it. I forget sometimes too but it's a way of life here and my only response is to lay on the horn and rage. urgh.

Suggested By: DontPanic1, Photo Credit: TheCanonShot

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2.) Drop The 25 Year Import Ban

America would not be worse off if we could bring over a few Audi RS4s or Skyline GT-Rs. Hell, it wouldn’t be worse if city residents could pick up diminutive kei cars, or business owners could import a thrifty Mahindra. Just end the ban on importing vehicles less than 25 years old.

Suggested By: cesariojpn, Photo Credit: Daft Photos

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1.) Raise Speed Limits

Three words: safe and prudent. There are many roads (mostly in residential areas) where a low speed limit is safe, but for the wide open spaces of this country, or even in the high-power 80-90 mph freeways common everywhere, a higher speed limit only makes sense.

Suggested By: Triborough, Photo Credit: Mikeldray/Shutterstock.com

Source -> http://jalopnik.com/ten-traffic-laws-that-need-to-change-453513991

Here's why DRM is stupid

2013-03-04T19:27:00.000-05:00

in a fantastic (physical) metaphor.

DRM CHAIR from Thibault Brevet on Vimeo.

Source -> http://www.geekosystem.com/drm-chair-design/

Batman vs. the Pope

2013-03-01T08:25:00.001-05:00

Please don't write in that this is blasphemy, its just an infographic.

Source -> http://jalopnik.com/batman-vs-the-pope-a-comparison-450656751