Deep Keel

Cutting through the turbulent waters of blog commentary and analysis.

Vader Gets a Job

Lord Vader, Supermarket Day Shift Manager…

Photo from Germany

Not that I took it, or was there recently, or really had anything at all to do with it.  I've watched some World Cup Soccer from Germany recently though so… that counts right?  Yeah, that's the ticket!  Looking at this photo I fondly remember one of the reasons I enjoyed my visit there several years […]

Global Warming on Hot Air

Heh.  Couldn't help myself with that title.  For a bit of fun you might try watching today's Vent from Hot Air about Global Warming.

Want to lay some serious smack down on your friends at the next LAN Party?  Spend the time and money to put this baby together and be prepared for fear and awe when you stagger in the door with this monster.  I seriously doubt anyone else will bring a computer that can hold a candle […]

Emperor Palpatine Parody

If you’re a Star Wars fan and you don’t mind a bit of… salty language, shall we say, do yourself a favor and click on over to watch the video at Buzz Patrol, here’s their text describing it:

The Emperor finds out about Death Star mishap
Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken did an awesome stop-motion animation of Emperor […]

Who Knew Jack Bower Got Around So Much

You just have to love it, follow this link to Fark to see many more like it.  A must see for any 24 fan.  Hat tip to Officer’s Club for the link.
 

Don’t Go Chef!

There’s a lot I can take in this world, all sorts of doom and gloom, threats of nuclear annihilation etc… but come on!  This is too much, Isaac Hayes who’s played Chef in South Park since the beginning is leaving the show!  Nooooooooo.  Just say it aint so Chef!  Here’s the lede :

Isaac Hayes has […]

Sassy Hugo Chavez

Venezuela’s resident President for Life, Hugo Chavez, is clearly feeling his oats and getting just downright sassy.  I think he’s jealous of Condoleeza.  Probably those boots.  Here is the money quote (emphasis added):
Responding to remarks before the US Congress last week in which Rice called Chavez a "challenge to democracy" in Latin America, Chavez warned […]

Dick “The Hitman” Cheney

After the hunting accident where Vice President Dick Cheney shot a fellow hunter, it is truly a shame to look forward and realize Dick isn’t running for office again.  The one liners and hooks would have livened up the lackluster campaign reports, and the jokes coming from the Late Night hosts would have caused many […]

Sometimes the truth really is just more bizarre than fiction.  In a statement that could have been written for a Saturday Night Live skit, a man protesting the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed Cartoons in Afghanistan had this to say:
"They want to test our feelings," protester Mawli Abdul Qahar Abu Israra told the BBC.
"They want to know whether […]

A Pre-Superbowl Joke

Relayed to me by a certain friend who says she prefers to be nameless and lives in the general vicinity of Seattle, Washington.
Terry Bradshaw, after living a full life, died.
When he got to Heaven, God was showing him around.  They came to a modest little house with a faded Steelers flag in the window.
"This house […]

There’s a post over on the Brussels Journal by Hjörtur Guðmundsson laying claim to Iceland as a European nation.  At a minimum he says that it is geographically in Europe, and so therefor of course is European.  Apparently there are some trying to make the case that a nation must join the European Union to […]

Smack the Penguin

For some non-PETA approved online fun, go play this little game and Smack The Pingu (penguin).  Hat tip to Never Yet Melted.
Warning:  addictive time waster following the link!

I know, I know.  It’s a joke right?  No it is not, a pack of black squirrels descended from the trees and proceeded to kill and eat parts of a dog in Russia.  One local is quoted as saying there are no pine cones out in the local forests and thus they are starving.  Click […]

Oh you just have to love the research that comes out of government supported Academies don’t you?  Important research funded by tax money that investigates the really important issues relevant to the public.  Like the age old ‘Beer Goggle’ Effect.  Here’s a quote from the article at the BBC called ‘Beer Goggle’ effect explained:
Scientists believe […]

I Want It That Way?

Ok seriously, you do, trust me here.  Thanks to Warren Bell over at The Corner for providing the Link to a really funny video of two chinese students lip syncing the Back Street Boys ‘I Want It That Way’.  To quote Warren:
Warning: If you’re seeing this for the first time, this is funny enough to […]

Today Deep Keel had its 1000th visitor!  In comparison to other blogs this is vanishingly insignificant, but I’m grateful and happy to have gotten this far.  Starting just over a month ago I had no idea if anyone at all would find my blog, or come back if they did.
I’m still learning and working on […]

What Stuff are You Made of?

The grandeur, the tragedy. Such is my fate apparently!
 Numenorean
To which race of Middle Earth do you belong? brought to you by Quizilla
I join Hugh Hewitt as a Numenorian!  There are a bunch of us apparently.  Go take the test here, see what stuff you are made of.  Find out which race […]

The U.N. as Circus Act

Its good to see that at least we are getting something for the money we give to run the U.N., some entertainment is the least they can do really.  Here’s the quote from the Washington Post, link here:
Nearly every country in the U.N. General Assembly told the United States on Tuesday to lift its four-decade […]

Thanks to LGF for the link to the article here, a short quote:

FRENCH RIOTERS UNIONIZE, GO ON STRIKE
Complaining of unsafe working conditions, lack of vacation time, and illegal 40-hour weeks, the French Union of Disaffected Immigrant Youth Rioters declared a general strike today.
“We are going to riot and burn cars every night until our demands […]

The Science of a Jello Shot

Thanks to Vodkapundit (of course) for the link!  The question is, how much alcohol can you put in a Jello Shot and still have it congeal?  For the sake of Science we must know!  Click on the link here to find out.

What Would Jesus Rap?

From Galleyslaves, link here:
The Washington Examiner ran a very important headline yesterday. “What Would Jesus Rap?” they inquired. The popular answer, I am guessing, is that He would rap about nice Christian themes, acts of selflessness and piety. That kind of thing. But there’s another possibility, that Jesus the rapper would have gone gangsta. Dropping […]