Happy HELLoween, folks...

Currently listening to: "Living Dead" by King Diamond



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Don't Fuck with the Chicken

Currently listening to: "Fountains of the Forgotten" by Buckethead

KFC is switching from partially hydrogenated soybean oil to a 'no trans fat, will go along with the current diet fad soybean oil' to deep fry their wares. Read the story here. It's bad enough they got rid of the beef tallow back in the day...

Y'know, when I was younger the words "trans fat" weren't in my vocabularly...they practically didn't exist until all this Atkins/protein bar/South Beach Diet/crazy-skinny Hollywood movie starslut shite came about... As I get older, the world has become more and more of a place of "I'm not the one to blame for my health problems, obesity, pouring hot coffee on myself...it's the food and the corporations who sell it..."

I suppose that my point is, if you want to eat healthy, go to Souplantation or buy a salad (read: rabbit food)...don't fuck with the chicken! I eat fast food because it just tastes better...and it tastes better because it's made with things that aren't good for me...and I know this (obviously), but I do eat it in moderation because there's nothing more sad than a fat troll. If only others would understand this concept then we wouldn't come to these situations where something like this becomes the next cancer. What's next? Mandatory carrot sticks instead of fries?

Stay on Target?

Currently listening to: "Rosenrot" by Rammstein

The interesting thing about Target (or Targét as I like to call it) is that their television commercials are so well done and have such high production value...but then you actually go into a Target and it's so not as hip and cool as they make themselves out to be...not that I'm a 'hip and cool' kind of guy, but still! It's a tad deceiving, no? I always feel like I need to take a shower upon just walking through the front door and I can’t help but think "Why am I here with all these losers?"...not that I’m not a loser...but where else are ya gonna go for plastic bins or bulk candy?...and the weird thing is that I don’t even eat the candy...I have a room full of it that I keep adding to and I swim around in it like Scrooge McDuck in his money vault... ... ...actually, I buy it for all my little piggies at work...I keep a candy jar at my desk and the vultures peck away at it daily...it’s how I keep my job...not through hard work or dedication or loyalty to the company...just candy...and by feeding the masses they also forget all about 'Land of the Dead' and 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' imagery at the desk...or just ignore it because they’re getting free eats... But I digress...so yeah, bottom line on that: Target ain't cool, no matter how hard they try...you just can’t shine a turd...

Upon my last trip there I bought Target brand body wash and Target brand hand soap. They were both about ¼ the price of the regular stuff I buy. I'm not a stranger to the concept of 'You get what you pay for' but I'll give a store brand a try every once in a while to see if there actually is some value in it. Well, here's Scott’s review:

The hand soap smells like a wet towel that's been sprayed with some horrid kind of perfume.

The body wash is very...watery... It’s like I go to just use a little to wash my face in the shower and I get a whole handful without even trying...and it doesn’t lather up very well...and it’s way too scented... I normally use Axe body wash...very concentrated...smells nice...and you feel clean after using it... It doesn’t, however, have that effect they portray in the commercials where women just flock to you and sniff you...that;s not the reason why I started using it in the first place...and it's not like I want random girls sniffing me...once I was basically dry humped from behind by some fat girl for over an hour and it wasn't pleasant...but that was at a general admission, standing room only Rob Halford concert...so that kind of shite just comes with that territory...but in regards to the Axe soap, it was on sale and I ended up liking it, so that’s why I continue to buy it.

That is all I have to say...sorry it wasn’t all that exciting...

The Limited

Currently listening to: "Harlot's Memoir" by Blessed Be Thy Name

I don’t understand limited edition food... If I freeze it and hold on to it for 50 years, can I make a boatload of money from selling it on eBay (or whatever the popular auction site is at that time)? I suppose when people see 'Limited Edition' they may be more inclined to buy it...and buy more of it since it will go away soon...but that is only a temporary influx of profit - and only if the product does well. Then once it goes away we’re stuck with all the crappy 'regular edition' food...how ever will we be able to survive?

Eh, I’m just talking out my ass here...

The Grumpy Bears I Won...

Currently listening to: "Fuck the Pain Away" by Peaches

I won all three Grumpy Bears I bid on...and now these one-of-a-kind custom art pieces have a home here on my desk at DIC...

This first one is a "Grumpygoyle" by Kim Petschauer. I just thought it'd be cool to have a gargoyle at my desk...and this was kinda different and more interesting than buying some lame-ass plastic or foam gargoyle from Target's Halloween section... Check out Kim's site at thefigments.com


This next one is some kinda kick-ass freaky yeti-type thing by Amanda ("Mandi") Spayd. This was one of my favorites from the get-go...I have dreams that this little guy comes alive at night and fucks shit up... Mandi has a site called Squeaky Queen where she sells uniquely packaged soaps and other related products, as well as occasional unique art pieces, jewelry, etc. Check it out!


This, uh, Teletubby bukkake explosion was done by Vince Marchica, our VP of Creative here at DIC... I bid on this one because I wanted to bring this little guy home to Burbank...I packed him up and shipped him off to Cleveland for the auction and took pics of this bear for the Grumpy Freak Show blog...so I guess you could say I have an attachment to it... Vince used rubber latex and paint on this Grumpy Bear...


That is all...for now...

Attack of the Stingrays!

Currently listening to: "Black Seeds on Virgin Soil" by Old Man's Child

I bet stingrays have probably been running rampant in our oceans all these years but we didn't ever hear about it until one of 'em took out the Crocodile Hunter...nobody gives a shit until it happens to a celebrity...

Here's another account of a feisty stingray in Florida:
Fla. boater stabbed in chest by stingray

Supertailors...?

Currently listening to: "The Foetus of a New Day Kicking" by Cradle of Filth

I feel like a broken record...

Sorry I've been away...I've been busy...internet connection still sucks...etc... This is like the fifth time this year I've fallen off the map...

I'll try to get an actual post going tomorrow and I do want to get the trivia back up and running...but this morning I was wondering: not all superheroes/villains design and manufacture their own gear...so who does? I mean, Spider-Man made his...and the new Texas Chain Saw movies show us that Leatherface is quite proficient in the, uh, 'arts and crafts' area...but I'm thinking they can't all be good at it...or do superpowers just automatically come with an ability to tailor?

If there are some kind of Edna Mode-type organizations that do this for them, how come we never see them? Hmmm...

New post tomorrow!...hopefully...