Kremer’s Stuff

Strange sights at Indy Gen Con 2008

The Gen Con gaming convention just ended in Indianapolis.  Here’s a picture featured on Indy.com.

If I walked into the restroom and saw this I might turn around and try to find another restroom.  Too strange.

Rielle Hunter is looking for truth

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks you may not have heard about former presidential candidate John Edward’s confession to having an affair.  His paramour was Rielle Hunter whose video production company Midline Groove was hired by Edward’s Political action committee.  In the last couple of days more information has emerged about payments to Midline Groove.  Specifically a $14,000 payment to them after the contract wihth Edwards was up.  The Raleigh News & Observer has a story here. 

I wondered if Midline Grove had a web site.  Apparently at one time they did, but it’s been taken down.  I did find a copy of http://midlinegroove.com/ at The Internet Archieve.  Here’s a screen capture of the one page web site.  On it the text states:

“Midline Groove is a full-service production company committed to projects that reveal truth — the authentic aspects of humanity that are right here and most often overlooked. Creating short and feature length documentaries for the web, broadcast, and big screen, the company was established in 2006 by producing partners Rielle Hunter and Mimi Hockman.”

Interesting and ironic that Rielle is looking for “…projects that reveal truth.”  

Netflix Problems, No Problem For Me

I love Netflix.  Joined up a couple of years ago and have had flawless service since then.  Great way of keeping track of what movies you want to watch…and they just appear in your mail box.  How easy. 

Their shipping system has been down a couple of days apparently due to a botched database upgrade.  Oh well, that happens to most if not all tech companies. I am willing to give Netflix a break.  I just sent back “Harold and Kumar 2″ (Really bad) and “In Bruges” (Good, but strange) and am looking forward to my next movies…whenever they get here.  If it was the dead of winter I might be more upset not to have a DVD to watch this weekend.  But come on it’s August.  Turn off your friggin’ TV and enjoy the great outdoors.  If anyone from Netflix is reading this, hang in there.  You rock.

I’m On A Patent. I am Somebody!

 
In the 1979 movie “The Jerk” Steve Martin’s character Navin R. Johnson gets excited when his name is listed in the phone book.  He dances around with the phone book yelling “The new phonebooks are here, the new phonebooks are here!”  He then looks himself up in the book and proclaims “Here I am, Navin R. Johson.  I am somebody!”.

That line in the movie came to mind when I found out today that my name is now part of a published patent application.  It’s a techie, geek thing.  But I think it’s pretty cool.  I am somebody!  It’s a pretty obscure patent dealing with search promotion. If you really have some time on your hands you can look it up at the US Patent and Trademark Website.  Here a screen capture.

Only problem is.  They spelled my name wrong.  I’m used to “Kremer” being mis-spelled as “Kramer” or “Cramer” but didn’t expect my middle name to be mis-spelled.  My middle name is an old family name: “Maitland”.  I was surprised to find the US Patent office listing me as “Maltland”.

Hmm…”Maltland”.  First image that popped into my mind was MALT LAND some Beer or Malt Liquor Theme Park.  ”Come to MALT LAND, knock back a couple of fourty ounce Colt 45’s ride the Olde English 800 Ferris Wheel!”

Oh well, maybe I can get it corrected before it becomes a full patent.

Paul McCartney Visits Illinois Gas Station

Is that Paul McCartney at a Circle K gas station in Illinois?  Apparently Sir Paul was driving a 1989 Ford Bronco.  Click here for the full story.

So why would Paul, who’s a billionaire, be driving an old Ford Bronco?  It belongs to his girlfriend Nancy Shevell. Here’s a picture from November of last year of them making out in a Bronco.  That’s a late 80’s Bronco for sure…I used to work for a TV station that had ten of them.  Here’s that story from The Gothamist.

But here’s the proof that the picture at the gas station is not a hoax.  Look real closely at Paul’s belt in the top picture above.  Now, look at this press picture of Paul and Nancy.  Same belt.

Only In L.A. - Time For A Change

Ran across this picture on the Jefferson Burruss blog Left on Red: Tales From L.A. His headline was: “California + Advertising + Afro = Awesome”. Had to add this to the “Only in L.A.” part of my blog.

Here’s your Grey Poupon, sucka!!

From The Salt Lake Tribune….

A Sandy, Utah man took offense to a motorist, who, after getting him to roll down his window, asked, “Excuse me, sir, do you have any Grey Poupon?” 

After hearing the request for Dijon mustard, the 22-year-old driver pulled a black handgun from his glove compartment, cocked the weapon and pointed it at the three people in the other car. 

“Here’s your Grey Poupon, roll your [expletive] windows up,” he responded.

If you’ve never seen the original 1985 commercial here it is:

Here’s a look at the perp from The Smoking Gun.

Go ahead name your phone “ChaCha”

Loved this Twitter post about ChaCha so much, I printed it and posted it in my cube at work:

“@erindowney someone thought I named my phone ChaCha once because I’m always saying “let’s ask ChaCha.” have you tried ChaCha? it’s awesome”

Fibber McGee And Molly - Kremer’s Drugstore

Today we take for granted comedy TV shows like “The Office”, “Two and a Half Men”, “My Name Is Earl” and others. They are “sitcoms” short for situation comedies. What’s the history of the sitcom? How did we get to the comedic form we are all so familiar with. Sure there are roots in theatre from Shakespeare on through Vaudeville, but mass market sitcoms started first on radio twenty years before the first commercial TV comedy.

One of the first, and by far the most sucessful radio comedy shows was “Fibber McGee and Molly”. It ran on NBC from 1935 thru 1959. Twenty four years is a long run for any show, radio or TV. 

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The Most Obvious Quote / Headline

The lightning struck him in the top of the head. He was soaking wet so when it struck instead of traveling through his body, hitting major organs, the bolt went on the outside of his wet clothes. Kent Lilyerd of Minnesota is a lucky to be alive.  But CNN has to get the award for the most obvious quote/headline of the week.  Here’s the video story.