Friday, September 29, 2006

A post about nothing

I have this sudden hankering to hear Monkey Gone To Heaven by The Pixies. I wouldn't be surprised if it makes it on to tonight's show.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Brilliant Idea

They should pipe the sounds of water falling into bathrooms. Loudly.

Not only will it help anyone with a shy bladder but it also might drown out some of the less pleasing sounds that might eminate from fellow excretors. Also if it's loud enough, it'll also discourage people from talking.

Talking on cell phones in the stalls is just surreal because you're standing at the urinal taking a piss and someone speaks up with a, "Hi!" or, "How are you?" and always leaves me looking around like the stooge in a silent comedy.

And then the worst are the people who want to chat you up while you're pissing. This is the only time I catch myself regretting free speech. Drown them out with the sounds of water. Waterfalls, raging rivers, storms anything.

Crazy

Help me out with a bit, will ya?

Who is the craziest celebrity going right now? Bonus points if they have a distinctive enough speaking voice that a hack like me can imitate them semi-convincingly.

Thanks!
Caleb

An Idea so crazy it just might work

Actually, if you read the article it appears to have worked quite well.

Police have gone undercover to get hard evidence on all the crack dealers in a particular 'hood and then given them a second chance. It's shut down three crack markets and gotten over half of the dealers to go straight. It's an amazing approach and one that seems to work.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Contest Ideas

Anyone in the mood for a contest?

Here's what I was thinking. For the month of October you will send in pictures for the show. Photos of yourself, or your best looking acquaintances wearing Black Tie Martini Club merchandise or if you're too cheap to buy any, with a BlackTieMartiniClub.com sign of your own making. Perhaps you could be in spectacularly Martini Club style poses. Or if you aren't a photographer, you could maybe draw your own print ads for some of the strange products that sponser the Black Tie Martini Club Oddcast.

Then I set up a poll at the end of the month and whoever gets the most votes gets a dollar per vote (up to some kind of reasonable number like $100 or something since it comes out of my pocket)

Would anyone be up for that kind of thing or is that too interactive for us at this stage in our relationship?

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Bush Hates Science

According to the journal Nature, the Bush administration blocked a NOAA study that showed Global Warming strengthens hurricanes.

Nice!


NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher is currently out of the country, but Nature quoted him as saying the report was merely an internal document and could not be released because the agency could not take an official position on the issue.

However, the journal said in its online report that the study was merely a discussion of the current state of hurricane science and did not contain any policy or position statements.


Translation: The truth can only be released if it has been vetted to be shown to support the administration's policies of welfare for oil companies and hating science. It must be nice to be so sure that the apocalypse is coming soon so that you don't have to worry about the future of the planet.




Welcome Friends

Ladies and Gentlemen,


Come on in to the new blog for The Black Tie Martini Club. Think of this as the DVD extras for the Oddcast. I'm going to post ideas, news and some political commentary here. Some of that will make it on to the show and some won't.


As always, I love it when you get involved so please be comment heavy and suggest whatever you'd like here and join in when I'm talking about/refining ideas for the show.

Thanks,
Caleb