William Heise | February 28, 2009
I have no idea what this is, but I like the combination of a scantily clad woman holding a ray gun and clinging to the leg of an also-ray-gun-equipped Teddy Roosevelt. This comes from the Dr Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators website. Hooray for ray gun enthusiasts.
William Heise | February 28, 2009
I just can’t imagine why anyone would invent the ocarina, or why, but it turns out that there’s a compelling story behind it. It reminds me of the stories told by Horatio Alger. It seems that a youthful Giuseppe Donati (1836–1925) was restless. There were no child labor laws in Italy at the time, so [...]
William Heise | February 28, 2009
I have transcribed the first dirty joke told in yesterday’s video. (Click here for the whole post). Here it is: From the War Department, Washington, DC Late last evening, as the pretty little clipper, Frances Folsom, was cruising about, she was observed by the government Ram, Grover Cleveland, which immediately hove down upon her with [...]
William Heise | February 28, 2009
I found my blog listed on Google’s blog search page! “The new phone books have arrived! I’m somebody!” — Steve Martin in The Jerk
William Heise | February 28, 2009
I must be the last person in the world to know this, but I found out that Guillermo del Toro is set to direct The Hobbit in 2011. Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame) will be the executive producer. Rejoice!
William Heise | February 27, 2009
My mother has written me a note asking whether or not the name William Heise (noted in yesterday’s post) is historical, or was I just making it up to be funny. No, Mom, it’s all too real. My namesake even has an article in Wikipedia. Anyway, I found some more early Edison films (not by [...]
William Heise | February 27, 2009
Here’s another edition of “What I’m listening to this week.” This video features Chet Aktins and Les Paul: Related Chester and Lester videos: Another Chester and Lester video. Even more Chester and Lester. Just Chet with Mark O’Connor, another of my favorite musicians. It had to be you Moonglow/Picnic Chet Atkins, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas [...]
William Heise | February 27, 2009
Here’s my first for the 1956 Bulgemobile. The future really is now! Order today!
William Heise | February 27, 2009
I’ve found out what a ceramic sweet potato is. It has nothing to do with sweet potatoes. It’s an ocarina. Here’s a website explaining what an ocarina is. It features a picture of a pile of ocarinas: Notice the ocarina case at the top of the picture! (I wonder who makes ocarina cases?) Here’s a [...]
William Heise | February 27, 2009
Found this yesterday announcing that Michael Cera (the character of George-Michael Bluth, son of Michael Bluth, gransdon of George Bluth Sr.) has agreed to do the Arrested Development movie. Apparently, Cera had not wanted to do the part to avoid being typecast since his filmography is so vast and varied, that it would be a [...]
