Fun posts, observations, shared videos and other fun by Octavarius, friends, and members of the invasion.
Jokes, but in Real Life: a Cuteness Fail
Blog Posts - Today I tried very hard to be funny. Big mistake. My girlfriend was planning to stop by this morning at 9:30 to drop off her laptop so it wouldn’t be sitting in her car all day. Since I didn’t have...
Fred Schneider Once Looked Like Your Uncle
Blog Posts - I had a long drive back from an 11-hour work day, and to keep myself awake I let iTunes Genius create a very typical 80’s playlist for me. Before long, the B-52’s “Rock Lobster” was blasting in the Hyundai. I...
World Leaders Have Fun Too
Blog Posts - This picture was taken today at the G20 summit in London. I love this. Obama is giving the thumbs up; Medvedev has the dorkiest smile; the Italian President who’s name I don’t know is also rockin’ out. Only Hu Jin...
Holy Smokes! Jay Cutler’s a Bear! (A letter to Jay Cutler)
Blog Posts - Dear Jay Cutler, ChicagoTribune.com is reporting that the Bears traded their First Round Picks in 2009 and 2010, their Third Round Pick in 2009, and Kyle Orton for you, Jay Cutler. This gives the Bears their first Pro Bowl quality...
Glenn Beck’s Poetry
Blog Posts - Okay, so it’s not Glenn Beck’s actual poetry, but it’s someone repunctuating his words as poems. Props to Salon.com for doing this. Here’s a delicious exceprt: We’ve got time to write tickets, we’ve got time to write tickets, Have the...
Before I leave this Earth…
Blog Posts - I have always wanted to make T-Shirts that say things that I find funny. Not everyone else would find it funny, but I would, and on a Monday morning waiting for the train, a funny T-shirt would make all the...
Brian’s Baker University Commercial
Blog Posts - I put up my old commercial, so I thought I’d put up one of Brian’s. This one’s a real commercial though. Note how he shakes his mother’s hand before he goes off to college. His father gets a big hug,...
Movie Fan Commercial: a Blast from My Past
Blog Posts - I am a little embarrassed posting this, but I found it today when I did a YouTube search on my own name. Just to make sure I’m safe in the event of a future presidential run. It’s a commercial I...
Barbatuques’ Sweet Brazailian Music Video
Blog Posts - These guys are coming to Chicago in May. I dig this song a lot. They make all of their music with their bodies, but they refer to themselves as a band.
