Leonid The Magnificent

Oh my - I hate to admit that Ed and I have been hooked on "America's Got Talent" this summer. I mean, we pretty much knew that America doesn't have talent, but it's summertime and we were always up for some good brainless fluffy TV. And did we get it. In droves. By far, the highlight of the competition has been Leonid the Magnificent. Leonid is a ridiculously tall Eastern European drag queen, who wears platform heels and huge feather headdresses (as if he wasn't tall enough already.

The Hoff called him "Victoria's Secret from Hell"
Piers called him a Christmas Tree.
Brandy was just frightened I think.
I call it funny as all hell!

In the tryouts he balanced swords on a thread. In the semi-finals he twirled a giant cube. Well, for a good laugh the judges brough him back for the wild card show, and he really outdid himself with a hula hoop act that looks like it came straight out of "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar".

Boy I love YouTube - upon further searching, I found this video of his stage act, including the hula hoop and sword balancing routines (viewers beware, contains Leonid hiney & other simulated actions so watch at your own risk). And of course, in true fashion of today, he's got a MySpace page... I love that his heros are "Jesus Christ & God". Go Leonid!

It's been a while...

Wow, I can't believe that over a month has passed since I updated this blog! Bad Mabs, very bad Mabs. I guess not much has been going on - summer's here, and it's been hot. Thank God for the central A/C and the little inflatable pool we have in the back yard.

My string bean went to the pediatrician a few weeks ago for a weight check since she really didn't gain much weight at her 2 year check up in January - happily she's gained about 4 pounds and is around 27 pounds. Yay for peanut butter! Ed and I are quite happy since she did really well at dinner last night, munching up a whole bunch of pork chops (dripping in applesauce, of course). Yum. We'll get there, slowly but surely.

My absence has mostly been because I've been playing Kingdom of Loathing. I had always heard about it through Sissyfight - a bunch of Sissies have been active KoL'ers for 2 years or so. There was a recent post about it and I decided to see what the fuss was all about. One of Ed's friends is really active as well so he's been helping me out. I've been having fun - looking to kill the Naughty Sorceress today and start my second life in the Kingdom...

Well, leave it to Ed to find this gem of a video at Boing Boing today. Wow. Will never look at my cooktop the same again.

In a pickle...

Wow. Here's one disturbed woman with a pickle phobia. Only on Maury Povich can we have such fun! So what do they do? They drag her ass to a pickle factory! Then they chase her around the studio with a big old plate of pickles. Unreal. I love the comments on YouTube - they are right, Freud would have a field day with this one! Who knows if it's staged or real, but it makes for a fun watch.

Fun links from Ed

Ed sent along another discussion of the hyperbolic plane and how it can be represented in crochet. I'm such a nerd, I find this interesting. I blogged about it previously.

Actually, Ed's been an excellent source of links lately. He sent me this video of a drunken fool yesterday - too too funny! OMG the thought of this guy behind the wheel is simply too much to take! How about this story, about a guy who pimps himself to be your carpool person in the morning? Pretty sweet way to make a buck, if you can.

Ed also found this link to a Depeche Mode story. A number of years ago, when we were first on our Bong mailing list (for Depeche Mode fans) there was a list member who was soliciting stories, artwork, poems, you name it about the different members of DM. In any case, she assembled them all into a big book she dubbed "The Bible of Depeche Mode" and presented them to each member of the band during the current tour (I think it was "The Singles Tour".) There was much debate and criticism on our list since this member was using other member's work to basically gain access to the band. There were questions whether or not the individual artists were given proper credit for their contributions to the Bible. In any case, they must have made an impression, because here it is 8 years later and Martin Gore still remembers the project. Pretty neat, in a creepy kind of way.

A BS in, well, BS...

Want to be a "Toilet Specialist?". I think I'd want to, only to proudly proclaim that I graduated from the "World Toilet College" Them Singaporeans are a strange bunch indeed... must be nice to use a facility without fear of what you might find on the floor though.

Upon further searching, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who finds this whole concept amazing!

I swear, I can't make this stuff up if I tried.

The wonder that is Richard Simmons...

Oh boy, I had to post an old favorite of mine - Richard Simmons on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" doing a skit called Living Scenery . How these guys were able to get throught this is beyond me. He also did another one, Moving People, but it was nowhere near as funny. Still a good chuckle though.

Poor Richard has been a source of laughter for quite a long time. We used to stay up late in college and watch his Deal-A-Meal commercials on late night TV. He was horrible, coaxing the poor previously fat ladies into a sense of comfort then flashing a "before" picture of them exclaiming "Do you know who THIS woman is?!?!?!" Then they'd sob uncontrollably - "That... was... me... before I found your Deal-A-Meal!!"

It's always fun to watch David Letterman torment Richard. Dave's got a thing for hitting him with a fire extinguisher. Too funny.

Don't forget, Richard loves you.

Very punctual I am rarely ever late. For MacGuyver.

I love this - some guy bought a laptop on eBay, it arrived broken, and the seller dissed him. What does one do in this situation? Humiliate!! Here's the story about the situation, and this blog is where the guy decided to post all of the stuff he was able to find on the laptop once he paid more money to have it fixed. You know, nothing big, just some porn, leg fetish pics, resumes, passport scans. No big deal. The thing that killed me were some of the things he said on his resume, in his personal statement. Like "Very punctual I am rarely ever late. The last time I was late for anything is an estimated two years ago" Bwahahaha! I think I would be laughed at if I ever put this on a resume (for more than one reason...) I dunno, maybe that's what is expected to be placed on a resume by Brits, WTF do I know. Love to see how this one will turn out.

Not that I ever watched the show, but who doesn't love the fact that MacGuyver could fix most any situation with nothing more than pocket lint? Here's a Wiki site that lists the problems solved by MacGuyver. Excellent!! He's even got his own MasterCard commercial. Excellent.