Google Image Search: Word & Picture 191

Today's Word:
"halloween gone wrong"

Today's Picture:

Some things, you can't "un-see". The picture above is one of them.

I am sorry, blog. I am sorry I put this picture on you. I am sure you are embarrassed of me. I am sure you are embarrassed for yourself. Why do I abuse you?

Halloween is probably my favorite holiday. I love it. Here are some of my favorite costumes that I have worn through the years:

• toilet
• Guinness four-pack (with 3 other friends)
• dancing banana
• my high school calculus teacher

I love Halloween.

But if YOU love Halloween, you will come see Master Pancake's Halloween on Wednesday at 7 PM at the Alamo Ritz. Yours truly will be in the show. Come check it out. In the sketch, you will get to see Joe play Michael Myers (the murderer, not the comedian), John as the awesomely creepy Dr. Harold Loomis and me as a murdered female high school slut. It will not disappoint. Plus, a drinking game! Hooray! You can get tickets here. We make less of a mockery of this movie than Rob Zombie did.

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Google Image Search: Word & Picture 190

Today's Word:
worst halloween costume

Today's Picture:


Wow. What happened??! I am both afraid and sad. I am guessing he lost a bet.

Last year, I was the Peanut-Butter-Jelly-Time dancing banana. This year, I am sticking with the famous-on-the-internet theme. I am going to be Stacy Hedger. You don't know Stacy Hedger? She is this lady:


Hopefully, I will see you over Halloween. If not, I will re-enact this Stacy Hedger's talent show performance and post it online.

I love Halloween.

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Kat Candler Short Films at the Austin Film Festival

Attention Austin-ites! My friend, Kat Candler, has a couple of short films playing at the Austin Film Festival this weekend. If you are going to AFF, you should check it out. Here is the press release:

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(Austin, Texas) Candler Productions is pleased to announce that the award-winning director and screenwriter Kat Candler (cicadas, Roberta Wells, jumping off bridges) has two new short films, Quarter to Noon and Love Bug, at the 2009 Austin Film Festival.

In 2000, Candler received the Undistributed Feature Film Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival for her debut feature, cicadas. This year, Candler is back with two new shorts.

Quarter to Noon a 2009 Official Selection of the Women in Film International Showcase and the 2009 Texas Filmmaker’s Showcase stars Anne Nabors (jumping off bridges, Tree of Life) and Chris Mass (Chalk). It’s a fantastical tale about an office worker who discovers something just beyond her office walls that will change her life forever.

Love Bug follows nerdy, nine-year old Turtle Thompson as he works up the nerve to ask his best friend, Maddy Cooper, to the elementary school Spring Fling Dance. Starring Reese Merritt (Secret at Arrow Lake, Killer Weed) and Kelsey Buchanan, Love Bug is an excerpt from Candler’s next feature film The Spider in the Bathtub (co-written by Chris Mass). The Spider in the Bathtub was a 2009 Tribeca All Access Participant and was recently optioned by Executive Producer Victoria Fredrick (Pride) and LAF Studios.

Kat Candler is an Austin based director, screenwriter and Lecturer at the University of Texas and runs Candler Productions.

For more information visit www.candlerproductions.com.

SCREENING DATES AND TIMES

Love Bug - Shorts Program 5
Saturday, October 24th, 7:15pm, Hideout
Tuesday, October 27th, 9:00pm, Hideout

Quarter to Noon - Shorts Program 13
Sunday, October 25th, 4:15pm, Hideout
Monday, October 26th, 5:00pm, Arbor

Contact: Kat Candler (Director)
512-771-5863
katcandler@gmail.com
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Google Image Search: Word & Picture #189

Today's Word:
well well well

Today's Picture:


So guess who got married... my friends, Joe & Kristin. About 3 weeks ago, they got married at Umlauf Sculpture Garden in Austin, Texas. For my friends in Austin, you probably know Joe from Master Pancake theater. He is the shortest performer not named Owen.

Here is a photo of Joe, the Chick-Fil-A mascot and myself.

Joe is afraid of mascots. I am awkwardly comfortable with them. Almost creepily comfortable.

Here is another photo of (L to R) John, Ben, Emmy award winning Jacksonville news anchor Bruce Hamilton... and Joe.

John pointed out that Bruce Hamilton and Joe were having a moment in this photo. Here is a zoom of the same picture as above.

Makes me laugh every time. For the uber-bored, here is a video of that entire interview in Jacksonville.


I was asked to stand up for Joe and Kristin at their wedding. I happily agreed. Here are some photos of us at the wedding. The groomsmen:


The happy newly weds dancing:


Well, well, well... Joe and Kristin got married. Congratulations, my friends.

Hip hip...

HOORAY!!!!!!!

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That's right, I'm changing the name. It went from "Daily Name This Person and Win" to "Almost Daily Name This Person and Win". The prizes and rules are still the same, but the name is more accurate.

The first person who names the person in this picture wins a hug from Ben!!!

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Ben's Blog - Back in Action

Blog - I have missed you. I am sorry I left you abandoned for so long. You must have been lonely. I feel sad that I left you with UFC wrestlers at the top for so long. You deserve better. Let me explain.

I put a baby inside of Megan. Hell, yes!!! High-five me, blog! I am going to be a dad!!! Crazy, eh?! I am stoked. Check out this picture of my baby:


My baby is a boy. Need proof? Check out his penis!

You looked a baby's penis, you pervert!

And here is a picture of his foot:

Crazy that this baby is inside of Megan's belly, eh? I am pumped. I have always wanted to be a dad. Now I am getting a shot. I hope I don't screw this up.

I was so stoked when I was blogging back in July because I knew that I was going to be a dad, but I had not told the world. We told my parents and Megan's mom face-to-face. So, when I was blogging back in July, it was like I was lying. I was trying desperately not to spill the beans, but it felt disingenuous to NOT write about the only thing that was really on my mind.

So I stopped blogging. I abandoned you. I am sorry, blog. I won't do it again... unless I forget.

There is so much to catch-up on. Here is what happened while I stopped blogging:
1) found out I was having a boy
2) went to Chicago\Milwaukee
3) Joe Parsons got married
4) did another STAG! show at the Alamo Ritz - sold out!
5) did a run of shows with Master Pancake

I will fill you in on the details in future blogs. But for now, know that I missed you.

Google Image Search: Word & Picture #188

Today's Word:
Las Vegas countdown

Today's Picture:

Megan's mom is turning 60. We are meeting her in Las Vegas for her birthday. I have not been to Vegas in a long time. The first time I went to Vegas was to see the Greatful Dead at the Silver Bowl. Dave Matthews Band opened for them. It was about 4 or 5 months before Jerry Garcia died. Glad I got to see him before he died. Or should it be, "glad I got to see him before I died". Either way, glad I saw the Dead in Vegas. We stayed on the strip for 2 nights, then we camped at Lake Mead for 2 nights. It was a fun trip.

I've been back twice since then. I went once on my cross-country adventure. Tiajuana to Keane, New Hampshire... with my sister Jodi. There were cartwheels on the strip, lost wallets and injuries. I barely remember it, but I know I had fun. The most recent trip to Vegas was with Megan's family. We drove from Tucson to Las Vegas in a mini-van. This was while Megan and I were still dating. Pre-engagement, pre-marriage. I drove for most of it. It was the year after 9/11, so crossing the Hoover dam took forever. Security check lines were huge.

Vegas makes me think of three things: gambling, boxing and movies.

The first movie that comes to mind when talking about Vegas is this one...

... so money.

But, more recently, I think of this movie...

... Zach Galifiankis is hilarious.

In Summary: Going to Vegas, been to Vegas, Dead in Vegas.

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This is the second of two submitted by Erik Schullstrom. Thanks, again, Schully.

Google Image Search: Word & Picture #187

Today's Word:
mom jeans

Today's Picture:


In honor of one of my favorite SNL sketches, today's word is "mom jeans".

I did not realize it until today, but guys can wear mom jeans, too. Need proof? Check this out:


That is our president, throwing out the first pitch at the All-Star game, wearing mom jeans.

Besides the high waste and 9-inch zipper, what really makes mom-jeans stand-out: white shoes. Nothing says, "I have pushed a child out of my privates and, therefore, can wear whatever jeans I want" like a pair of high-cut jeans with white shoes. Hell yes, mom, you have earned it.

In summary: the president of America is a southpaw, mom jeans are deserved, guys can wear mom jeans.

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This is the first of 2 entries submitted by Eric Schullstrom for your consideration. Thanks, Schully.

Google Image Search: Word & Picture #186

Today's Word:
"Best of Austin"

Today's Picture:


It is the time of the year when the Austin Chronicle tries to herd cats. Out of the hotchpotch of opinions that makes up greater Austin, the good people at the Chronicle try to ascertain a "Best of Austin" list. Asking for the "Best of Austin" is kinda like saying, "what is your favorite ice cream". It's ice cream... I love it all.

Nonetheless, they try. Good on 'em.

If you are going to vote, you can do it here. Hurry. Voting ends on July 21st.

Also, if you are going to vote, please consider the following people\places as each of them are near & dear to my heart:

Comedian/Comedy Troupe = Master Pancake
(please vote for Master Pancake... I am hoping John takes me for Bar-B-Q again)
Neighborhood/Dive Bar = Cafe Caffeine
Local Author/Poet = Owen Egerton
Movie Theatre = Alamo Drafthouse
Weatherperson = Jim Spenser
Annual Event = Fantastic Fest
Place to Tube = Comal River
Swimming Hole = Barton Springs
State Legislator = Donna Howard
Emergent Local Filmmaker = Kat Candler
Composer = Brian Satterwhite and Mitchell Westmoreland
Radio Music Deejay = John Erler
Radio Talk/News Host = Mascot Wedding\Mac Blake & David Jara
Unsung Behind-the-Scenester = Scott Chester
Environmentalist = Joe Parsons - he traded his SUV for a hybrid


Wild Card at bottom
Best Iced Toddy Coffee = Cafe Caffeine

If you are reading this and I forgot you: my bad. Put it in the comments.

In Summary: Joe Parsons is an environmentalist, Jim Spenser is the man, vote for Master Pancake so that John takes me for Bar-B-Q again.

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Schully is picking the DNTPAW tomorrow and the next day.

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The first person who names the person in this picture wins a hug from Ben!!!

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