Driving down the road as the sun settled and dusk infringed on my commute home, I noticed three spanish people walking down the enlarged median with bags of something. I like to think they were filled with chips and dip and light beer for their celebration of the weekends arrival. They all seemed to be in good spirits and one was speaking to the others while they smiled at his effort.

At first I thought of how I would hate to have to walk between work or the store or a bus stop, whatever it may have been. But then I realized that they were in good company and feeling better than I was, even though I was the one with air conditioning on and my music blaring. They didn't need more than a couple of other people to listen to and the optimistic arrival of whatever they had been waiting all day to do. Then I envied how easily they were contented.

Dave Chappelle standup

Dave Chappelle's stand up specials Killing Them Softly and For What It's Worth are hilarious. His segments on Chip, a homeless dude jerkin it on a bus, and smoking with Indians are worth the DVD alone. Check them out on the internet or in stores.

CHIP NO!!

"Write one if you are legally blind."

This phrase is printed on Virginia's W4 tax form. Keep in mind this is not written in braille but in plain ink.


Why?

"I have 85 channels on my TV but nothing beats watching Hank use a crescent wrench."

Dale Gribble

MY MANWHICH!

Whatcha Got by Brother Ali

Brother Ali has been a part of my underground rap collection for a while now, but mainly his older stuff. I never really paid much attention to him but I recently bought his newest album "Undisputed Truth". I was testing Whatcha Got while driving the other day and really caught the anger and intensity the Albino Muslim rapper from Minneapolis delivers his rhymes with. The beat is rabid and violent to match the fervor the song is delivered with.
And I've never heard the word muthaphucka used so emphatically, so many times.

btw, he is really albino (he's blind) and really a muslim. but one of the greatest rap lyricists of our time

Smiley Face

In case you haven't yet, rent the movie Smiley Face. It stars Anna Farris and includes cameos from Brian Posehn, that lady from 4o Year old Virgin, Adam Brody, and Danny Masterson. Farris plays Jane F. a lazy pothead slacker who has to make various appointments in ridiculous fashion all day long after unwittingly eating a huge batch of weed cupcakes. I didn't think Anna Farris could pull off such a perfect stoner character but the added depth of Jane's obvious intelligence and the way she acts EXACTLY like one would while that baked really show off just how awesome she is. This is my favorite clip from the movie (But I laughed uncontrollably throughout the movie, for some reason....)

"Man, that cat really loved lasagna."