So I haven't actually seen this yet (I'm assuming my company is restricting the network settings or something), but here's Will Ferrell doing a George W. Bush impersonation.

I guess it also has some links for Democratic Party contributions, but I thought it was worth making my link of the day anyway.

Yesterday I got my measurements for the tux I'm wearing as a groomsman for Mejeld's wedding. It was kinda sad to see how much my waistline has expanded since I started working.

I spent $150 at Costco yesterday. I tried to stock up since I don't go there that often. Here's what I bought:

-24 rolls of toilet paper
-12 rolls of paper towels
-500 paper plates
-500 plastic cups
-500 plastic spooons
-500 plastic forks
-500 envelopes
-12 light bulbs
-6 brush heads for my electric toothbrush
-4 tubes of Aquafresh toothpaste
-4 packages of Glide floss
-16 bars of Dial soap
-1 bag of chicken nuggets
-1 rotisserie chicken
-12 bagels
-2 boxes of Oatmeal Crisp cereal

Can you guess which item was almost twice as much as any other one?

It was the 6 brush heads for my electric toothbrush, which were $25.

Recap of Mejeld's bachelor party in Vegas:

-Drove for almost 24 hours with Allen and Dave Shin. We rotated driving, and I ended up driving my own car less than Allen did.

-Stayed up on Friday night playing Hold'Em in our hotel rooms. It was a bad idea for some of us; at 10 PM on Saturday night, G1 was so tired that he sat down and put his face in his hands in the middle of a busy sidewalk. We really should've taken a picture. It looked like he lost his life savings and was crying or something.

-Stayed indoors as much as possible because it was 108 degrees.

-Buffets. The Mirage was really good, and it was only $22 with a 15 minute wait. It has to be one of the best values in Vegas.

-Caught a free show. Good, but not great. The Bellagio watershow was pretty good though.

-Played at a poker table for the first time ever. Lost $40 in 3 hours. I won only 1 small pot the whole time because I had some bad cards and didn't play all that well, but there was only one $1 blind, so it was pretty cheap entertainment.

-Watched as others got addicted to Roulette, Slots, or Hold'Em. Nobody got addicted to Blackjack because most of us didn't do that well.

I think there's some disagreement about whether Costco gas's fuel efficiency is as good as other brands. I tried checking this myself, and after 2 sample tanks of Costco gas and 5 sample tanks of various other gas brands, I haven't noticed a significant difference in my car's fuel efficiency.

So even if Costco gas isn't as good as other brands for other reasons, I'm gonna stick with cheap Costco gas for now.

IMDB.com's list of the Top 10 Movies of the 1990s:

1. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)

2. Schindler's List (1993)

3. Pulp Fiction (1994)

4. Usual Suspects, The (1995)

5. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)

6. Goodfellas (1990)

7. American Beauty (1999)

8. Matrix, The (1999)

9. Fight Club (1999)

10. L.A. Confidential (1997)

It's been awhile since I last checked the Nielsen ratings for network television.

Last week, 11 of the top 13 rated shows on network television were aired on CBS, with the only 2 non-CBS shows being a pair of Law and Order shows on NBC.

Is this happening because more and more people have cable nowadays (except the older population who watches CBS?)

Maybe cable programming is cutting ratings for ABC and NBC more than it does for CBS. Just a thought; there might be a better reason why CBS is dominating so much...

So apparently there's a way to cheat the Burger King Spidey Sense game, where you have a one in two chance of winning something.
 
Just go into a dark room, put a flashlight under the scratch areas, and you should be able to see which one is the winner.

Random phone numbers on my cell phone:

-Berkeley Hair Studio
-Emery Bay Leasing Office
-Kaiser Permanente Prescription Refill Center

TV Guide's Top 25 Cult Shows Of All Time:

1. Star Trek
2. The X Files
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Farscape
5. Monty Python's Flying Circus
6. The Simpsons
7. The Prisoner
8. The Twilight Zone
9. Xena: Warrior Princess
10. PeeWee's Playhouse
11. Mystery Science Theater 3000
12. Family Guy
13. Babylon 5
14. Beauty and the Beast
15. Quantum Leap
16. My So Called Life
17. The Avengers
18. Dr. Who
19. Dark Shadows
20. Twin Peaks
21. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
22. H.R. Pufnstuf
23. Forever Knight
24. Absolutely Fabulous
25. Freaks and Geeks

Things you can order at In-N-Out that aren't listed on the menu:

3-by-3: Three meat patties and three slices of cheese.

4-by-4: Four meat patties and four slices of cheese.

2-by-4: Two meat patties and four slices of cheese.

You can get a burger with as many meat paties or cheese slices as you want. So if you want 6 pieces of meat and 10 pieces of cheese, then you want a "6-by-10."

Double Meat: A Double Double without cheese.

3 by Meat: Three meat patties and no cheese.

Animal Style: The meat is cooked and fried with mustard and then pickles, extra spread, and grilled onions are added.

Animal Style Fries: Fries with cheese, spread, and grilled onions. You can also ask for pickles on your fries.

Protein Style: This is a burger with no bun (wrapped in lettuce).

Flying Dutchman: Two meat patties, two slices of melted cheese and nothing else (not even a bun).

Fries Well-Done: Extra crispy fries. I've been told that you get more fries because they have to use a different potato to make this order.

Fries Light: Opposite of fries well-done, but it's too raw for most people.

Grilled Cheese: No meat, just melted cheese, tomato, lettuce and sauce on a bun.

Veggie Burger: Burger without the patty or cheese. Also called the Wish Burger.

Neapolitan Shake: A shake with strawberry, vanilla and chocolate mixed together.

From Basile's comments from my previous post:

2 songs that Basile and his band practiced over and over and over again while I lived with him at Parker House:
Blessed Be Your Name, Matt Redman
Swing, Swing, The All-American Rejects

3 songs that G1 played over and over and over again while I was his roommate:
One Last Breath, Creed
Angels Or Devils, Dishwalla
Run, Collective Soul

During his freshmen year, G1 played a song so much that one day his roommate had enough and deleted the song from G1's computer while G1 was out. That makes me laugh because I know how that guy felt...

Songs that have been stuck in my head recently:

Come On Eileen, Jimmy Fallon
This is part of a song Jimmy Fallon sung about how you can fit any 80s song into MC Hammer's Can't Touch This. Allen, Basile, and Isabel created a remake of the song, and it's been annoying me ever since.

I Don't Wanna Be, Gavin DeGraw
I mentioned this to Sammo and Allen on the Fourth of July when I went to go watch fireworks at Pier 39.

One Hundred Years, Five For Fighting
This song is on the radio A LOT.

I guess this is what happens when you don't download your own music. I'm basically at the mercy of what other people want me to hear, whether they're the DJ at a radio station, or they're living with me.

The picture of the day is this week's cover of The Sporting News

The headline reads, "How's THAT feel? To get hit in the eye with a puck..."

Link of the day:

Streaming video for Chapelle's Show, Season 2

I finished 4 epsiodes last night... it's over the top, but it's hilarious!

Link of the day, as referenced by Pastor Eugene:

Michael Moore interview with Charlie Rose

Busy past couple of days:

-Dim sum in Daly City with Andy Chang and others
-Softball practice for the KCPC summer tournament

-Walking around SF waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks at Pier 39.
Too bad there was so much fog that all we could see was the fog lighting up in different colors. And right in my view of the colored fog, there was a gay couple making out.

-Had to swerve out of out my lane (while going 60 mph) to avoid a freeway accident on Sunday night

-Getting lost on the way to Point Reyes
-7 miles of hiking at Point Reyes

Some popular types of fireworks:

Battle in the Clouds
Shells that explode in a series of loud bangs, giving the impression of a battle.

Firecrackers
Small, usually cylindrically shaped explosives strung together that explode on the ground in sharp bangs.

Shell
Canisters fired out of a mortar that explode in flowery star bursts.

Girandole
A cluster of rockets that spin a disk up and off a center pole and into the air like a flying saucer.

Cherry Bomb
Powerful, round red firecracker that is outlawed in the United States.

Rocket
Cone-shaped cylinder attached to a long stick that soars high into the air when lift.

Roman Candle
Tubes stuck into the ground that when lit send starts into the air; so called because the Romans supposedly featured them at carnivals.

Set Piece
Wooden contraptions set with lances that when illuminated form the outline of a person or scene in colored fire.

Catherine Wheel
Set pieces that revolve in different kaleidoscopic color combinations.

Sparkler
A narrow steel wire that when lit sends out a shower of fine gold sparks.

All Bay Area bridges except the Golden Gate Bridge increased their tolls by $1 starting today. But if you have FastTrak, then you won't be paying the $1 increase in July and August.

You can check out www.511.org for more info on Bay Area traffic.