Kremer’s Stuff

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.”  

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.

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.

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.

Virigina man tells OPEC to kiss his *&%!

We had the story of North Carolina and their WTF license plate.  In Virginia a man with a custom license plate that tells OPEC to KMA.  Click here for the full story.

WTF: N. Carolina License Plate “What The F”

We had a story about Mini Cooper using the Microsoft logo as curse word.  Now the state of North Carolina has mistakenly used a license plate prefix that is a curse word to some Web and Text savvy folks.

Probably most of you know what “WTF” means.  But if you don’t let me give you a hint.  If you worked in a candy store and a customer asked: “How much is the brown chunk candy with the nuts?”  You might reply: “…What, The Fudge?”  Get it?

Here’s the full story from Fox News Raleigh, NC.  Thanks to Jason for the story tip.

Mini Cooper Uses Microsoft Logo As Curse

People who reviewed JokeWallpaper over the years often said that I “bashed” Microsoft.  Well…I did, but I also made fun of Apple, Intel, and other tech. companies.  I wasn’t the only Web site that did, but usually it was the small guys like me and not any large companies and certainly not a car manufacturer.

I’ve been doing some online car shopping and visited the Web site for Mini Cooper, which is a division of the giant BMW car company.  On the site they have several animated features that show the benefits of the small 12 foot long Mini including how easy it is to parallel park the car.  One animation begins with a large car trying to fit into a parking spot and ends with the smaller Mini fitting in.  When the larger car is trying to fit in the parking spot the driver crashes into the truck behind them.  A cartoon bubble pops up with the expletive curse words thoughts of the driver.  I would expect the usual cartoon #@&**! type representation, but was surprised to see the Microsoft Windows logo as part of the curse words uttered by the driver.  Look closely, it’s the fourth character from the left.  Interesting. Does the Mini artist have it in for Windows?  Or are they a dedicated Apple user.  Does Mini USA not like Windows?

Here’s a link to the full screen capture of the page.

Here’s a link to the animation on Mini USA Web site. It’s really quick so watch carefully.

Naked Cowboy Sues Blue M&M

You just gotta’ love the good old U. S. of A.  Where else could a Naked Cowboy  sue a Blue M&M Candy.  Here’s the full story.

Sigmund Freud Watermellon Lollipop

“Sometimes a Lollipop is just a Lollipop” says the Sigmund Freud watermellon flavored “Head Pop”.  The copy from the sales Web site says:

“Once you get over the initial reluctance to put a human head in your mouth, you’ll find that the subtle contours and watermelon flavor of these Sigmund Freud Head Lollipops are worth the strange looks you’ll get as you suck them”

They also have “Let them eat candy” Marie Antoinette Lollipops and Orange flavored Abraham Lincoln Lollipops.

They’re real.  Here’s a photo of ‘em in a store from “drinkerthinker” on Flickr.