2008 Year in Review

The good folks at Jib-Jab have created a great animated year in review, sung to a familiar song. Take a look below.

Obama’s Running Mate

The Huffington Post’s Chris Kelly has used the process of elimination to identify Barack Obama’s perfect running mate.
 
 
 
The 300 Project: 33/108

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama: An Imaginary Conversation

I was looking for this for my wife, and figured I’d share it with everyone. This is a piece by columnist Maureen Dowd, presenting an imaginary conversation between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama regarding the possibility of Hillary Clinton serving as Vice President under Barack Obama.

 

 

 

The 300 Project: 28/103

History Lesson

Contrary to what many Americans think (and we here at PavCo Multimedia use the word “Americans” in its most parochial sense, meaning “US Residents who can’t find Mexico on a map”), today’s “holiday” does not honor Mexican Independence Day (which is September 16, which doesn’t fit as nicely on a banner across the front of a bar), but instead commemorates the Battle of Puebla, a battle against invading French forces, back in the days when the French had a battle plan other than running very fast in the opposite direction.

The truth however (and yes, we use the word “truth” in purely subjective terms) is that the battle was a minor victory, and centered on the sinking of a single French freighter which wasn’t even carrying weapons or troops. No, the French freighter Gastronomique was a supply ship for the French mess tents, carrying various foodstuffs and condiments. Chief among the losses were 200 jars of mayonnaise, a staple of the French soldiers’ field rations at the time. The loss and the inability of the French forces to retrieve the jars from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico proved demoralizing for the French soldiers, at least until 29,000 reinforcements (and an additional 300 jars) arrived shortly thereafter, and overran Puebla.

But to this day, the locals still celebrate the Sinko de Mayo.

The 300 Project: 19/94

Great Farkin’ Headline

More political commentary and a review of Iron Man tomorrow (or later today), but I just had to share this great headline from the funny, irreverent Fark.com:

In a pretty clear omen from the gods, Hillary Clinton’s Kentucky Derby pick finished a close second, collapsed and was killed on the spot

The 300 Project: 4/79

Revisiting Today in the Past

I’ve been stewing over some political stuff, which I’ll post either this weekend or Monday, but this morning web siteBoingBoing has links to two very clever blog posts, which posit what modern works/events might have sounded like in the past:

• The Lincoln/Douglas Debate, as presented by ABC News.
• Pulp Fiction, as performed by Shakespeare’s theater troupe, The King’s Men.

The 300 Project: 6/66