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That very same person yelled from the top of the mountains, “wait! I also enjoyed the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367085/">Soul Plane</a>! I have a fantastic idea!”</p> <p>Thus, <i>Who’s Your Caddy</i> was surely born.</p> Who’s Your Caddyshack <p class="postlink"><span>Comments Off</span> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/07/use-bombs/whos-your-caddyshack/">Read Full Article: "Who’s Your Caddyshack"</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post The Time Has Come for Bromance – The Podcast is Upon Us" > <div class="avatar Arion Londraville"> <h2><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/06/use-bombs/the-time-has-come-for-bromance-%e2%80%93-the-podcast-is-upon-us/">The Time Has Come for Bromance – The Podcast is Upon Us</a></h2> <p class="meta">Arion Londraville - Saturday, 23rd June 2007</p> <p>As I was alluding to some time ago, we’ve been busy with our most recent project. What is it? <em>Bromance</em>.</p> <p>Along with <a href="http://www.supergnarly.com/">SuperGnarly Industries</a>, we’ve put together a magical 53 minutes and 29 seconds of Podcast dè la spectacular. The show stars part of the Use Bombs crew that you’ve come to know and love: Arison Cain, Josh Allen, and myself, Arion Robert III. In addition, you’ll be introduced to the intimidating, yet whimsical, Robert “Büb” LaVine.</p> <p>If you you feel up to the task of allowing the show’s riches to rain down upon you, or you just want to find out more about our NNY based podcast, head over to <a href="http://www.thebromance.com/">The Bromance website</a> and download the first episode. It wouldn’t hurt to subscribe either.</p> <p>You won’t regret following this course of action… hopefully.</p> The Time Has Come for Bromance – The Podcast is Upon Us <p class="postlink"><span>Comments Off</span> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/06/use-bombs/the-time-has-come-for-bromance-%e2%80%93-the-podcast-is-upon-us/">Read Full Article: "The Time Has Come for Bromance – The Podcast is Upon Us"</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post Shameology" > <div class="avatar Arion Londraville"> <h2><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/06/use-bombs/shameology/">Shameology</a></h2> <p class="meta">Arion Londraville - Saturday, 9th June 2007</p> <p>While in a public place today, a lady yelled to her friend, “My nipple hurts!”, seemingly without any regret. It was at this point in time that I stumbled upon the realization that there are three levels of shamelessness.</p> <ol> <li>Normal</li> <li>Virtually Shameless</li> <li>Completely Shameless</li> </ol> <p>Only one of these groups is bad. A person should only really worry about being labeled as a member of that one group (Unless that person is going into politics). If you can’t guess what it is, you’re most likely in it.</p> <p>Let’s go over each group. We’ll look into their details, much the same way I would review cookies at the market, attempting to select the most tongue favoring. Which faction will be my Archway Dutch Cocoa cookie? My most beloved of cookies.</p> <h3>Normal:</h3> <p>I use this term with a grain of salt–there is never a normal person. However, when it comes to shamelessness, these people account for the better part of the population. Or, at least it did at one time. Unfortunately, many people now seem to be migrating into the other two categories.</p> <p>Too many people moving to other groups can be very dangerous. It’s the normal group that, as a whole, keep society running. Without a lot of normal people being doctors, lawyers, TV executives, electrical engineers, and small business owners; the human race would collapse into a system of nomadic tribes.</p> <p>If everyone was as passionate or extreme as, say, Hunter S. Thompson we would enter a world that has spiraled into some sort of Mad Max style scenario. This is a world in which the sand dollar is be used as both currency and foodstuff. This is a world in which people take upon the task of actually building a Thunderdome.</p> <p>Being a group, common traits are of course mostly shared.</p> <ul> <li>They have dignity</li> <li>They have pride</li> <li>May use the word “shoppe” when naming a business. A la The Coffee Shoppe.</li> </ul> <p>Incidentally, if you’ve named a business with the word “shoppe”, give yourself +5 on the pompous ass meter. Furthermore, if you have used the word “shoppe”, that’s +1 on the very same meter.</p> <h3>Virtually Shameless</h3> <p>Admittedly, this is most likely where I belong. I most certainly would not use the word “Shoppe”.</p> <p>The Virtually Shameless may also be known as slightly eccentric. In a way they are. They have a honed sense of the fine line between entertainment and self-respect. They do what others won’t by constantly walking perilously close to that line.</p> <p>At any point in time these people could have a momentarily lapse in their sixth sense, slip, fall over the line, and tarnish their image for years to come. The bad decision could come in many forms. It could be as simple as telling the wrong joke to the wrong person or is could be as elaborate as dressing as Hitler for a Halloween party in Florida.</p> <p>A Virtually Shameless person would most likely enjoy the limelight. Whereas, the normal people of the world would feel too much pressure, nervousness, or angst when thrown into such unfamiliar surrounding. This is not to say that Virtually Shameless people do not get stage fright. People come in all shades of gray, and even many of the Virtually Shameless get the jitters. </p> <p>What defines this group from the muggles, if you will, is that they have the wherewithal to fight their way past any anxieties that may arise. I would venture that they often passionate about their ideas, and willing to put themselves on the line to see these ideas come to fruition.</p> <p>The Virtually Shameless generally share the following traits</p> <ul> <li>They enjoy positive attention.</li> <li>They are passionate enough to put everything on the line for some stupid idea, concept, or ideology.</li> <li>Undying love of snack crackers. (Actually, I would venture that something like 80% of all people love snack crackers.)</li> </ul> <h3>Completely Shameless</h3> <p>Did somebody say, “limelight”? Enter the Completely Shameless.</p> <p>There is no rhyme or reason to many of the things the members of this group say and do. Almost no forethought is put into the words that come out of their mouths. Even less thought is put into the repercussions of those words.</p> <p>Yes, there the yelling, slapping, and laughing that you may see from some members of the Virtually Shameless. However, when dealing with the Completely Shameless, it comes in a much higher doses. In addition, when used by the Virtually Shameless, these techniques are carefully crafted and timed so that they elude to some subtext, or provide entertainment value. The Completely Shameless only brandish these tools around violently, like a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire and–for some reason–dipped in honey mustard sauce.</p> <p>Allow me to illustrate.</p> <h4>A Virtually Shameless Conversation</h4> <p><b>Josh:</b> Arion, I forgot to mention that I stole your soul last night. I assure you, it was strictly an accident.<br /> <b>Arion:</b> What trajectory! Have at you!</p> <p>Arion delivers a swift, yet supple slap to Josh’s cheek. After this, they both enjoy hearty laughter. </p> <h4>A Completely Shameless Conversation</h4> <p><b>Jill:</b> That’s my baby, and I want it back!<br /> <b>Tammy:</b> Brad is my man now, and so is that baby!</p> <p>At this point a normal person intervenes.</p> <p><b>Brad:</b> Girls! Let me axe the both of ya’ somethin’! Do you really want to see this kind of baby-mama-daddy-drama to go down?</p> <p>And, cut! Of course the situation deteriorates into violence, and everyone watching gets a good laugh at the sheer ridiculousness of it.</p> <p>What exactly compels this sort of person? I don’t really know. I’m going to need a few grants and a lot more research to figure that one out. However, we do know that most have the following in common.</p> <ul> <li>They enjoy any attention they can get. Their lives are important, and everyone else within yelling range needs to know why.</li> <li>They have an ego that’s the size of a Blue Whale. Although, much like the elusive beast, it may be concealing itself underwater, poised to strike.</li> <li>They are very good at finding other people who are Completely Shameless. Be careful, sometimes they travel in packs.</li> </ul> <h3>Notes and Addendums</h3> <p>Something to think about. One of the many blogs I read is that of <a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/">Danah Boyd</a>. Sometime after I had the idea for this post–but way before I got off my ass to write it–she wrote <a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/03/17/fame_narcissism.html">an interesting item about narcissism</a>. Maybe we should start prepping the sand dollars.</p> Shameology <p class="postlink"><span>Comments Off</span> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/06/use-bombs/shameology/">Read Full Article: "Shameology"</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post Upcoming Entertainment" > <div class="avatar Arion Londraville"> <h2><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/05/use-bombs/upcoming-entertainment/">Upcoming Entertainment</a></h2> <p class="meta">Arion Londraville - Tuesday, 15th May 2007</p> <p>Busy, busy, busy. We at Use-Bombs have been working with Super Gnarly on a decent sized project. Hopefully, I’ll have some more information to share within the next few weeks. Until then, I’ll <em>entingle</em> you with the following image.<br /> <center><br /> <a href='http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/uploads/santo.jpg' title='El Santo Cupid'><img style="border: 1px solid #ccc;" src='http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/uploads/santo.thumbnail.jpg' alt='El Santo Cupid' /></a><br /> </center><br /> Don’t worry. I promise I’ll have something at least a little more funny posted in a day or two.</p> Upcoming Entertainment <p class="postlink"><span>Comments Off</span> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/05/use-bombs/upcoming-entertainment/">Read Full Article: "Upcoming Entertainment"</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post Duly Noted: April 13th through April 15th" > <div class="avatar Arion Londraville"> <h2><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/04/use-bombs/duly-noted-april-13th-through-april-15th/">Duly Noted: April 13th through April 15th</a></h2> <p class="meta">Arion Londraville - Tuesday, 17th April 2007</p> <dl> <dt><a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/design/Cardboard-Sound-Box-A-place-for-listening-/">Listening Room Made out of Cardboard</a></dt> <dd>I thought paper sound engineering gear was cool. Then, I came across the cardboard listening room. Enjoy music in a pod constructed of 720 half square cardboard sheets.<br /> [Via: <a href="http://thecoolhunter.net">The Cool Hunter</a>]</dd> <dt><a href="http://www.fantent.com/2007/02/04/turkish-star-wars-superman-et-and-more/">Turkish Movie Remakes</a></dt> <dd>The Turkish version of Hollywood makes Turkish versions of popular American films. Hilarity ensues. Gathered together here are clips of Turkish Star Wars, Superman, Star Trek, etc.<br /> [Via: <a href="http://fantent.com">Fan Tent</a>]</dd> <dt><a href="http://adarena.blogspot.com/2007/04/print-abebooks.html">AbeBooks Advertisement</a></dt> <dd>An entertaining series of ads for the online bookstore AbeBooks.<br /> [Via: <a href="http://adarena.blogspot.com">AdArena</a>]</dd> <dt><a href="http://miwa.metm.org/PET_project/index.html">Miwa Koizumi: PET Project</a></dt> <dd>Undersea lifeforms sculpted from used plastic soda bottles. A very creative and surreal way to reuse what most would consider trash. But, I doubt she can get the deposit back for them.<br /> [Via: <a href="http://treehugger.com">TreeHugger</a>]</dd> <dt><a href="http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~inio/dk/">Post-it Notes Donkey Kong</a></dt> <dd>A four story tall recreation of the first Donkey Kong level. It only took 6,400 Post-it Notes, 10 people, and 5 hours. Pretty good time if you ask me.<br /> [Via: <a href="http://slashdot.org">Slashdot</a>]</dd> </dl> Duly Noted: April 13th through April 15th <p class="postlink"><span>Comments Off</span> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/04/use-bombs/duly-noted-april-13th-through-april-15th/">Read Full Article: "Duly Noted: April 13th through April 15th"</a> </p> </div> </div>  <div id="siteinfo-legal"> <p><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/author/arion/" ></a><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/author/arion/page/3/" >« Older Posts</a> <a href="#top">Back to Top</a> <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/author/arion/" >Newer Posts »</a><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/author/arion/page/3/" ></a></p> <p>© Copyright 2005-2007 Arion Londraville, Arison Londraville, David Bova, Josh Allen, Brett Ramus.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-251906-1"; urchinTracker();</script> </body> </html>