Source: GraphJam

Niece wanted Ice Cream – so she got some with Auntie at the Santa Cruz Wharf last night.

‘Till Tuesday

Some pics from Surf City H3 Hash 471.

Vince Lamblowme at Surf City H3 Hash 471

Puff the Magic Drag Queen at Surf City H3 Hash 471

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As a consultant, this video rang true.

Besides being a freaking great song, Kashmir use in Fast Time at Ridgemont High was epic and in Bananaverse, it is on my wake’s song list.

kashmir from Steve Scott on Vimeo.

This is the on screen visuals I created for the Led Zeppelin re-union concert. They were used for the track Kashmir.

I actually was watching the David Letterman show when he told the joke about Sarah Palin’s daughter getting “knocked up by Alex Rodriguez”.  When he said it, I thought it was in reference to 18 year old unwed mother “abstinence-preaching / do as I say, not as I did” Bristol Palin.  It was not that funny of a joke, and I knew that it was not one of those that one should repeat in polite society.

Of course the next day, along came the politically correct uproar which was stoked by the Palin’s themselves, both Sarah and Mr. First Dude, and the rest of the right wing “family first” (do as I say, not as I do) crowd.  It was a win-win both for Palin and for Letterman.  And of course there was going to be a huge demonstration against David Letterman, and much like the Teabaggers, a huge crowd of fifteen people showed up.

— ah for future reference, a “huge” crowd is more than 10 thousand in my book – please reference recent protest in Iran. —- Source Link

Then Olive Garden restaurant announced it is canceling all of its scheduled ads on Letterman’s “Late Show” for the rest of the year.

In an e-mail to a Letterman critic obtained by POLITICO, a spokeswoman for the Italian restaurant chain wrote that “there will be no more Olive Garden ads scheduled for ‘The Late Show’ with David Letterman in this year’s broadcast schedule,” citing the talk show host’s “inappropriate comments.”

Source – POLTICO

So I am announcing my boycott of Olive Garden.  If the type of customers they want are just the right wing nuts, then you can count me out.   I will be avoiding all Olive Gardens from now until they issue a written apology to David Letterman.   Besides, your food is not really that good.

Update – I had already twitted my boycott with Olive Garden, and while witting this blog entry, I received two anti-boycott responses, one example here:

eChaplain@BananaSteinBash If the joke was about your daughter I think you would have a different opinion. Some folks have no decency about them.

Then I see The Olive Garden put out a new press release stating:

“Information reported today by Andy Barr of Politico regarding Olive Garden’s advertising on the Late Show with David Letterman was erroneous. No authorized spokesperson for the company confirmed the information in his report,” said Olive Garden spokesman Rich Jeffers in an email to The Vote.

“The Olive Garden media schedule is planned months in advance. The schedule for the Late Show with David Letterman was completed earlier this month. We take all guest concerns seriously. And, as always, we will factor those concerns in as we plan our advertising schedule in the future,” he continued.

Jeffers has not yet responded to an email asking if Olive Garden advertisements will continue on the David Letterman show.

Source – Christian Science Monitor

Update #2 – 3;20 pm

I love twitter

eChaplain@BananaSteinBash And I consider a dirty old man with bad joke writers a menace to society. Letterman needs to be gone period.

June was suppose to be a quiet month for the ol’ Banana, yet I find no time to get some quality blogging in.  So just a couple of quick lines here about what is up in Bananaverse.

• Dive Bar Radio continues to grow both in listeners and sponsors despite being censored in China and banned in North Korea.
• My better half has been on the road already twice this month with trips to Omaha and Philadelphia.
• Remodel continues, just trying to get final quote and contract signed
• Starting a new adventure with team that is developing machinima for television and webcasts.
• Working on OpenSim stuff for personal and clients.
• Preparing for niece visit.
• Now off to SF Giants game tonight.

Random thought

• Best thoughts to all of the people in Iran these days.
• Now for my friends who claim to be for every vote in Iran; were you also for every vote counts in Florida? in Minnesota? in Ohio?

It is official.  I am way to heavy and I need to do more than walk the dog.  So I will be joining a local gym.  Details coming from the fat man.

My wife and I have lived in our house for over 15 years and while we attempt to take care of it as much as possible, time has taken its toll on the house.  Originally built in the 1930s, our fisherman’s cottage style home had a major update in 1994 right before we bought it.  At that time, a new kitchen was added to the back of house along with a 1/2 bath.  Currently it remains a two bedroom house, with 1 1/2 baths and laundry area, plus a detached garage which is called the Dude Shack.

Today with meet with Tony our contractor and started the process of the remodel.  Currently we have a couple of different options we are looking at from just refurbishing the existing layout all the way to building a larger back area which is my preference.  All depends on the dollars needed.

I am excited to get this project kicked off and now is a great time due to slow down in work both for me and the construction guys.

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Flash mob promoting A&E’s upcoming reality show “Hammer Time” that explores MC’s family life.

I will be working with a couple of people on a new company that makes machinima.  The company will be called Dancing Gnome Flix.

This video cracked me up and while those of you who do not play World of Warcraft may not get the joke, the death scenes are all to familiar to me.  Lost in Bananavere presents slashdance vs Ulduar.

From the slashdance machinima team comes a cinematic documentary of the guild’s first forays into Ulduar! You’ve seen our fictional works: now behold the reality of our expert 10-man group as we face the deadliest challenges WoW has to offer. Will our intrepid adventurers make it past the hard modes? The optional bosses? The guild drama? … the instance portal?

Visit at Filmcraft.org to see all our machinima!

Today marks the 20th year since the massacre at Tiananmen Square in China.

I was living in Chicago at the time working for Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

I saw this last night, maybe it should become my new logo.

Source:  Banana. by RGC3