It’s a new service from the creator of Digg that lets friends keep in touch about cool things they find via the web or a desktop application – sounds really cool! I’m on, who wants an invite?

I had a blast last year at Comic Con, and I was really excited to go this year. It didn’t work out, but Nick and Ben are out there representing Mad Sea Dog so I feel like a part of me is there too. I picked up some pretty neat independent comics last year, and that’s one of the things I’m going to miss. Mostly, I’m going to miss learning about things first hand, like cool movie news and such. I’ll have to rely on the internet for all that – and there’s some fun stuff coming out of the San Diego Convention Center already!

Here is a picture from the new Pixar film Wall-E which is fresh out of Comic Con – you can find loads of information from the website I wrote for last year IESB.net or my new favorite film site /film. Good luck Ben and Nick, try not to feel very squished on Saturday (it’s sold out)!

All Danielle and I wanted was a nice king size bed from Ritz Carlton. We could get a great price for it (Stephanie, I promise I will someday have a job that has perks for you!) – but since we have very little patience between the two of us, we went to a mattress store yesterday and picked up a Tempurpedic bed from them. It’s getting delivered today, and I’m pretty excited – I swear I almost fell asleep in it while testing it out last night.

Here are the top 10 things I’m going to do in my new Tempurpedic bed:

10. Try to get a face print in the bed – instead of the usual hand print.

9. Try to knock down a wine glass on one side of the bed while jumping on the other.

8. Act like a mattress salesman when I talk about the bed (is there any profession out there worse than a mattress salesman?).

7. Reenact the moon landing in my bedroom.

6. Lie down and throw money up into the air and watch as it floats back down on top of me…while thinking about how much the bed cost and cry.

5. CENSORED.

4. Sell tickets to try out the bed for 5 minutes and $200 each.

3. Promise myself and my friends that we will never have to move this heavy-ass bed – I will definitely hire movers to do it for me/us.

2. Think about how funny it is to move the “dash” in heavy-ass bed over one word in the sentence, so it reads heavy ass-bed.

1. Have an awesome, restful nights sleep for the rest of my life.

I’m getting my copy on Friday night at midnight! What’s interesting about this book that I’d like to bring up here is that I’m not tempted to read the last chapter first, which I normally do. You all know that I don’t care about spoilers, and that I usually like knowing the endings of things before going into them, but I think I’m going to let myself be surprised this time.

The fifth movie was awesome, by the way, in case you didn’t see it yet. If you’re not going to catch Chuck and Larry or Hairspray this weekend, and you’ve already watched Ratatouille at least twice, you should go see it.

-Photo by EF

Every now and then I come across a site that is truly awesome. I recently discovered Digg and now I read it every day. I’ve also found a few sites that I’ll cover in my post tomorrow that are in beta mode right now, but are pretty cool as well. Of course, I also come across some websites that are completely useless, but are totally addicting in a fun kind of way.

I Can Has Cheezburger is just such a website. They take cute animal pictures (mosty cats, bleh!) with strange, misspelled phrases printed on them. It’s so weird and cute, it’s strangely entertaining. Have a look around the site and you’ll see what I mean.

This weekend we traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada for a three day, two night intense gambling instruction and all around good time. There have always been a few things that I believed to be true. Not scientific fact, mind you, but a pretty good theory at least. Interestingly, they have all been proven over the course of the past weekend. They include:

1. Rices can roll. It isn’t just me that can have a hot roll at the craps table, I found out. It turns out that my sisters are quite capable as well. I think that Stacie may have had an even better streak than I. Either way, what a great way to introduce some gambling novices to the best game in Vegas. High fives abounded!

2. Danielle and I “win” at the Wynn. There’s no bones about it; if you plop me and my beautiful girlfriend at a blackjack table at Steve Wynn’s Las Vegas casino, we’re going to take some of his money home with us. It’s a sure bet.

3. Monopoly Once Around Deluxe is the best slot on the planet. What makes it the best, you ask? Fun music, good Monopoly related items on the reels and the kick-assingist bonus game on the strip.

4. Bally’s has great craps tables. Even though they’ve added some funky bets onto the felt, the atmosphere and dealers make this a must play kind of place.

5. Ellis Island is the best place for good, cheap, 24 hour food in Vegas. This was confirmed when several text messages went out into the world from 1st-timer eaters. Mmmmmmmmm…steak and eggs!

Wow, I don’t think this trip could have been any better than it was. Everyone had a blast! Look for the pictures coming soon!

Let’s get the holiday going with a little presidential game. Can you name all the presidents? I got pretty stuck, I was only able to name 31 of them the first time I tried. Now I can get 40 pretty easily. How about you?

Name the Presidents

Wow, after seeing Transformers last night, I came home and thought long and hard about how much I enjoyed both of these movies, and I decided to create a chart to help figure out which one I enjoyed more. I mean, I love Pixar, like a lot, but I also love the new Camaro. And also the Pontiac Solstice, which talks in urban speak ’cause everyone knows that Transformers learned how to talk from the world wide web. Which makes me think, do they need SEO? Anyway, here is the chart.

			Winner
Main Character	A rat stuck in the human world and wants to cook for us.	A robot stuck in the human world who wants to haul goods across the country.	Ratatouille
Director	Brad Bird, who gave us Transformers	Michael Bay, who gave us lots of crap	Ratatouille
Sidekick	A bumbling human who befriends a rat	A kid who remains rediculously calm when seeing his car transform into a robot	Transformers
Thing I Want	Some of that delicious ratatouille	A 2009 Camaro with racing stripes	Transformers
Bad Guy	A nasty critic who reviews restaurants	A nasty Decepticon who spends 95% of the movie frozen	Ratatouille
Cheesiest Line	Something about camembert cheese	“You’re more than meets the eye.”	Transformers
Biggest Surprise	The many fun incarnations of dead chef Auguste Gusteau	Freakin’ John Tuturro – Hilarious and totally out of place	Transformers

Hmmmm….even though Transformers won my little game, I’m going to have to go with Disney on this one. Especially for all the cheesieness in the Transformers movie. It was a lot of fun to watch though, and I’m looking forward to seeing it again and riding around in my new Camaro when it comes out next year. Anyone want to buy a Tahoe?