Stray Hawkeye

Live webcam of puppies playing.  Too cute to not post.

So perhaps this is really just one of life’s minor annoyances, but still, it bugs me.  Do you ever go to a movie in the theater, and then, when the movie’s over, you’re not sure if you should leave, or if there is some great little snippet after the final credits that’s way better than the entire rest of the movie?  And then you sit there for 10 minutes while the names of the 6th Key Grip, the Person Who Rented a Car for the Producer in Toronto One Time When He Was Drunk, and The Guy Who Made These Stupid Credits So Long (unfortunately, without his address listed) scroll by.  And then… nothing.  You sat around for 10 minutes waiting for a clip for nothing, and as you walk out of the theater the guy coming down from the projection room gives you this funny look for sticking around through all the credits when there is obviously nothing after them.  And then, the next time you go to see a movie you leave right after the movie so you don’t feel like an idiot again, only to hear there was this great scene after the credits of the movie you walked out on.

No more.  No more I say!

MovieStinger.com keeps a list of which movies (including new releases) have extra clips (stingers) after the credits.  There’s a search box on the right hand side, down a little ways if you’re looking for a specific movie.  You can also submit if a movie you saw had a stinger or not to help grow the site.

Love it.

Ever wonder what Dawson’s Gilmore One Tree Grey’s Beverly Creek Hills Girls 90 Anatomy 210 Place would look like if the characters were actually intelligent?  Here you go:

I would totally watch that if it was a real show.  I’m not sure if I should be sad or proud that there are only about 2 or 3 references in there I’m not sure about.  I guess that English major turned out to be good for something after all.

Aside from that, I would love to see a spin off from this called “Girls Gone Wilde” where college girls dressed in late Victorian era costumes perform parts of The Importance of Being Earnest while drunk guys next to them throw one hand in the air and go “Whoooaaaahhhhh, yeeeahhhh!!!!” and look around while still holding a drink, all in the format of a late night TV commercial.

Every year, the Iowa and Minnesota football teams play for a bronze statue of a pig called Floyd of Rosedale.  However, most people don’t know the back story of Floyd, or if they do, just something to the effect of “the governors bet a pig”.  I came across this article on Minnesota Public Radio’s website after last year’s game, and have been waiting to share it since.  It has to be one of the most interesting stories of a college football trophy out there.

As a preview, it dates back to the 1930′s and centers around Ozzie Simmons.  Ozzie was a great Iowa running back, and a black man in a time of rampant discrimination.  The story also features Ronald Reagan, a real pure-bred Hampshire hog, an amputated finger, and threats of mob violence.

As a side note of interest, the trophy weights 98.3 pounds.

Proof that not everyone thinks through that “all one word” part of domain names, or the alternative places people could assume the spaces go:

10 unfortunate domain names, and 20 more.

I’ve visited expertsexchange.com before, they’ve since added a dash to the name, but still have an annoying registration wall that makes the site basically useless.

For any of the Hawkeye fans out there looking for good blog dedicated to irreverent coverage of Iowa athletics (and by athletics, I basically mean football and basketball), try out Black Heart, Gold Pants (occasionally, or somewhat frequently, NSFW).

A relevant post for the upcoming Minnesota game this weekend.

For a general flavor of the site, Celebrity Jeopardy with Sarah Palin, Burt Reynolds, and Joe Paterno.  (Visually fine, but definately not for reading aloud at work.)

Black Heart, Gold Pants actually used to be The Hawkeye Compulsion.  I mention the fact only so it makes sense to link to this post on The Hawkeye Compulsion from August 2007, on the topic of if each Big Ten team was a car, what car would they be.  It’s outdated, and shows just how much the Big Ten can change in that amount of time.  But, if you remember the traditional position of each team in the conference, and specifically where they were at the start of that season, it may be the best blog post ever.

Really interesting photo diary of a trip to the DMZ.

A friend / former co-worker of mine, Amy Leger, started a blog called The Savvy Celiac about Celiac Disease.  From my (very limited) understanding, Celiac Disease is basically having quite unpleasant gastrointestinal issues when you eat things derived from grains.  Sort of like being lactose intolerant, but for grains instead of diary.

Amy’s daughter and brother have Celiac disease, and, as you can imagine, this puts some unusual and strict restrictions on what you can eat, and some pretty strong negative reinforcement for forgetting.  So, Amy started a blog about how to deal with this at home/school/work, and generally how to make life easier for people with Celiac disease.  If you know some with Celiac disease, or work in education with kids that might have it, or whatever connection you may have, pass it along.

A brief survey of current internet culture, in children’s storybook form.  NSFW.  Baby’s First Internet.

This weekend, my Hawkeyes knocked off the number 3 team in the country.  In the pregame, the announcers were not even discussing if Penn State would win, but if they would do so with sufficient “style points” to make a case for being in the national championship game.  Lets see how that worked out for them…

The ending still comes up short of the all time best ending of a football game ever in the history of ever (which of course goes to Iowa vs LSU at the Capital One Bowl 2005), but one of the better overall games I’ve seen in a long time.

Go Hawks!!