Mike’s Typo

Catchy title, right?  Occasionally, after a Typo newsletter goes out, I get a flurry of emails or content suggestions.  Usually, these are in reference to something in that issue of the Typo.  Last night was no exception.  Lots of mail this morning, with some pretty funny video clips.  I’m not sure what prompted these videos - ’cause there was some real variety (translated: some wild shit).  I trashed the over-the-edge ones and settled on three that I feel fairly certain you will want to pass on.  Warning: these are inappropriate for anyone not old enough to ride a Harley.  That satisfies our staff legal beagle.  (He hates that title!)

#1: A funny moment meant to loosen up the laughing muscles.  Think of it as a warm-up.

#2: Well this one goes down as laugh-out-loud, with a serious message embedded.  Perfect amount of humor, and other ingredients to get the ultimate point across.

#3: This one could be offensive - but, given who is doing what to whom, and how the discussion plays out it’s just funny.  In fact, I think it is Carlin-esque.  Watch it all the way through.

A bit of levity for the weekend.  Hope you enjoy these.  And, a big thank you to the readers who passed them my way.  To the rest of you who submitted video suggestions, please don’t assume that just because you videos didn’t get included that I think you are warped and demented - although some of you clearly are!  Keep it comin’ our editorial intern is over-18 and has, now “seen it all.”

Ok.  One more.  I’d characterize this one as a “cool-down” for those laugh muscles.

If Lost can do it, why can’t I.  I’m talking about getting you all lathered up with a series of good shows and then - BAM! - everyone goes on Summer holiday.  What’s with that?

So.  I thought I’d try it.  We’re off to the woods in Canada.  No Internet, no blobs, no newspapers, no cell phones - really no nothin’.  Just nature and us.  It’s a ritual for our family this time of year.  But, it makes it hard to keep the Typo thing goin’.  But, alas, how about we run our own variation of the rerun?  For the next several weeks, you’ll have to re-enjoy some of the posts you saw a while back.  Or, better yet, maybe you didn’t see them.  What a treat that would be to stumble across an outrageous post that you missed!

Here’s what we’re gonna do.  We’re launching a new category called the “Best Of.”  Like the Typo name, it’s pretty descriptive.  But, the idea is, we’ll throw the posts in there that you, our valued readers, have spent the most time reading.  No, not the ones that are the longest.  The ones that more of you read.  Or, you read more of.  Well, you get the point.

Hope you enjoy the “Best Of” until I can get back to civilization.   Better yet, get out and ride.  Enjoy the road!

No not Clinton - and that was nearly eight years ago, if my math is correct.  We’re talking Bill Gates.  Gates, at 52, retires from Microsoft and will move on to run his philanthropic foundations.  No small feat in and of itself.  The foundation is richer than most countries.  NPR has written a nice article about Gates and this milestone in Microsoft history.  But, the gem in the rough is a video embedded in the article.  Apparently done for this year’s Consumer Electronic Show and Bill’s keynote speech, the video is worth a watch.  It’s funny.  How’d they get all these people to cameo?  Well, I guess when you’re the richest guy on the planet, you can get anything done.  What will Bill do next?  Lov’em or hate him, Bill Gates now has the opportunity to change our world - once again.

I wished I’d seen him in concert just one more time.  George Carlin could make an audience laugh.  He could make an audience think.  And, while you were thinking, you were having fun.  So, we can all poo poo Google for buying YouTube.  But, God luv ‘em.  They’ve made showing you my top 5 possible.  Here are my five favorite Carlin routines - tonight.  Tomorrow, I might have five more.  Five different.  But, tonight, here are five that will make you laugh.  And, five that will make you think.  There in no particular order.  Except for the last one.  Play it last.  And, then think about how much fun it would be to put George Carlin and Al Gore on the same playbill.

1. Airplane Announcements 1 & 2

2. Baseball and Football

3. Ten Commandments (gonna lose some folks here; stay with me)

4. White People

5. Saving the Planet

By George, ….

On Adriana Lima.  “Who?” you ask.  Let me take you back to the earlier days of the Typo (before I started blobbing).  It was this video where we introduced Adriana Lima.  Then came her super, pre-Super Bowl commercial.  Got your attention now?  Ok.  So, I’m walking around the store in a daze trying to get Tron Man out of my head (see earlier post).  I’m relating all of this to one of our “regulars.”  He suggests a video that he thinks might block Tron Man from my conscience and sub-con.  So, I’m game.  Next thing I know, there are 20 people in the sales office watching this video.  Really 20.  It looked like one of those Volks Bugs stuffed with people.

I can say the video worked.  I’m Tron-free - for now.  And, I’m pleased to say, that I knighted this wonderful regular as Reader 007 in appreciation of his selfless contribution.

Enough jiberish.  You’re looking for more ALima.  I know.  But, I’m warning you, it’s like that last chocolate chip cookie.  One too many is one toooo many.  Here you go.  More Adriana.   I’m not sure if it was that video or this wonderful late, late, late night exchange that put me over the edge.  But, I’ve definitely OD’d.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

The guy is not from Santa Cruz.  What makes this story priceless is the photos.  Where do I start?  Seems this Minnesotan, who is know around his parts as Tron Guy, has enough green kickin’ around to buy a $150,000 custom painted aircraft. So the article is about how they painted the plane to match his suit.  There is no accounting for taste.  The plane is nothin’ special (sorry, Tron Guy), but the flight suit, helmet - the whole getup is well …beyond words.  I’ve got to go find some volleyball shots just to rid my mind of Tron Guy.  Click-through at your own risk.  Then remember that I warned you.

It took volleyball shots and video!  Ah, heck, it’s comin’ back.  Anyone have a good exorcist?

Right. So, I get a nice email from one of our half dozen readers of the Typo asking, “What the heck?” That’s short for “What’s with all these “girley” volleyball photos?” Guilty as charged. We’ve been “outed”, we are not an equal opportunity publication. As much as we’d like to be, I have a heck of a time finding anything interesting about a bunch of guys hitting a ball over/under/around a net in a pair of baggy shorts. How boring! And, I don’t find that the least bit sexy. Who does? Well, there is where I got lots of feedback. Seems there is a bunch of folks out there who find that nearly as interesting as I find the “girley” shots.

So. Given the challenge posed by our one prized reader, I’m bound and determined to seek out that illusive email that says, “Way to go! That’s what we wanted to see.” While I haven’t lost sleep over this, I have been burnin’ the midnight oil to bring something worthy of praise. And, I’m proud to say, maybe this is it. What do you say ladies?

Lead-in aside, this is an interesting video. I take my hat off (only my hat) to Robert Burck and his Naked Ambition.

This is what I call an action-packed post.  Whew.  I need a nap.

That’s pitiful! But, this blob will go the extra mile and provide the “age-restricted” YouTube content right here, right now. I think this may be the end of the volleyball tangent. RIP.

One of our six readers sent me this video. This is completely inappropriate for this forum. It’s despicable. But, in the interest of free speech and all that, I’ve included it. I’ve gotta tell you, I’d hate for you to watch this and think that we had anything to do with this. We did not produce this, star in it, or even think of the idea. (Wish we had. Did I say that?) Ride safe.

I’m shocked at the number of folks who received the Typo newzletter today and opened the beach volleyball shot. Horrible. We should be ashamed of ourselves. But, what’s done is done. So, in response to those who have written and ask if there was more where that came from, I say simply “tisk, tisk.” But, because I am thorough and leave few stones unturned so to speak, I do have a few more shots that didn’t make the first cut.

Sure is different than football. I mean at a football game who wants to sit behind the goal post. In beach volleyball I’m learning that is the spot that an awful lot of people covet. I can’t believe that they allow photographers to sit there. I mean really. This is just…. Well, it’s what’s wrong with America! God bless America.

Some of you with heart conditions or blood pressure variances will only be able to look at one, maybe two of these “rejected” shots. So, here is 1, 2, 3.

I think I warned you not to look at that one.