December 2008
33 posts
Time Warner vs. Viacom
Tonight at midnight, Viacom will pull a Zune on Time Warner Cable customers. Something about Viacom wanting a $39 million fee increase or blahblahblah.
Here is a statement from TWC’s CEO: http://a.longreply.com/21456
Here is the back story: http://tinyurl.com/9lqxtb
Don’t start 2009 by pissing me off again, Time Warner.
I’m just getting into The City, so you better work this...
Funniest Movie of '08
Easily Tropic Thunder. If you haven’t seen it, your life isn’t as good as it could be.
Watch2008 Year in Review with 8 gold medals.
Because everyone else is doing it, I decided to...
Oh Jesus: My Christmas recap
I hope most of you had a Christmas that, unlike mine, wasn’t full of dry heaves, Gatorade and a Who’s Wedding Is It Anyway? marathon.
Unfortunately shit (or puke) happens, and so I apologize for the delay in sharing my holiday memories with Planet Blog.
My Dad’s Christmas card was pretty funny (see photos), but my favorite was from Boulevard Brewery. This either means I...
X-mas fever
I know I haven’t updated with any Christmas anecdotes. I’ve had limited Internet access and the Worst. Stomach. Flu. Ever.
Luckily, I’m at my mom’s and there is a wedding show marathon on the Style Network.
Give me a day or two to recover and shower. Then you’ll get all the goodies.
My friend Tracy is a Jew. She is a producer at FOX...
KU researcher finds missing link in spider... →
Two words: Peter Parker
Awesomest Party Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball
I think I made the best party dessert ever a few weeks ago. I got the idea from long-time neighbor Connie Stankewsky. She brought it to the Sheely’s Halloween bash and I ate the bejesus out of it.
Make it this holiday season and fucking WOW your guests while making them fat.
Ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup confectioners’...
Movie review: "The Wrestler"
I did another guest spot with Scene Stealers and reviewed the new Mickey Rourke flick The Wrestler.
UGLY SWEATER PICS ON USA TODAY! →
I submitted a few Ugly Christmas Sweater Party pics to the PopCandy Blog on USA Today! They got picked up! Yaaaaaaay we’re famous!
P.S. I think it helped that the blog author’s name is Whitney Matheson. Our names are like 80 percent the same.
Ugly Sweater Postmortem
It’s been a few days since the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, and holy crap it was a success.
Tickets were sold out. Tower Tavern was packed. Dolewite was amazing… sucka.
The best part is we raised over $6,000 for Operation Breakthrough. Despite my massive hangover, that was incredible news to wake up to on Saturday morning.
If you haven’t eaten Tower Tavern’s...
Hollywood faces another shutdown →
So help me God… if I have to sit through another season of “Clash of the Choirs” someone will pay.
Carl Peterson Reax
Responses to my text message about Carl Peterson’s resignation:
Standefer: I know. They interrupted Jeopardy.
Pete: X-Mas magic is real!
See ya later, d-bag.
Movie review: "Milk"
I watched Milk this weekend.
Not to be confused with the book Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages, this is the true story of Harvey Milk, California’s first openly-gay elected official. It’s a pretty great movie.
The flick is equal parts infuriating and inspiring. Infuriating because our country is so ignorant, inspiring because sometimes we aren’t so ignorant.
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Advice for the kids
I get this e-mail newsletter called “Ask the Recruiter” from the Poynter Institute every morning.
This morning the question was “Is Journalism a Safe Major?”
I don’t know about “safe” - especially if you have to go east of 71 Highway every other live shot. But it’s definitely worthwhile.
Why?
1) You’ll hardly ever have to take finals in...
Oprah: I'm fat
In the most recent O magazine Oprah writes an editorial admitting she’s gained 40 pounds in the past two years.
“I can’t believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I’m still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, `How did I let this happen again?’”
It’s interesting that someone who has accomplished so much...
Send this man hate mail
John Thain is the CEO of Merrill Lynch. He recently asked for a $10 million bonus for his work in orchestrating Merril Lynch’s sale to Bank of America and held the company to a loss of only $11.67 billion in 2008.
After being publicly hung out to dry, Thain retracted his request for the bonus.
I don’t understand why these banking big wigs think they live a life void of the...
Only four more days!
Remember that one time when I was planning a benefit with my friends?
Oh yeah - The Ugly Christmas Sweater Party is THIS FRIDAY. Buy your tickets and come support Operation Breakthrough.
The rest of the gang did some decorating stuff while I was home sick with the black death on Saturday morning.
Thanks to everyone for their hard work!
This Thursday I’ll be helping Scott, Mike and Cory...
My precious Jayhawks are headed to Tempe,...
Ugly Sweater Party in INK & Lawrence.com
The Ugly Christmas Sweater Party is just ONE WEEK away. Did you buy your tickets yet?
We got some love in a few local publications. Below are pics of our mention in INK magazine and a photo shoot for Lawrence.com’s next issue.
The party benefits Operation Breakthrough - an organization that helps children living in poverty in the Kansas City area.
A walrus playing a mini-saxophone
He really gets into it.
“I have a facebook friend that constantly has stupid status updates and photo...”
– Standefer during a conversation about those parents - the ones who only post nauseating photos and status updates about their precious snowflakes.
Ugly Sweater Party on FOX 4!
The Ugly Christmas Sweater Party got a shout out on the FOX 4 Morning Show on Thanksgiving morning!
Buy tickets at www.kcsweaterparty.com
Back to work
Sometimes you have to step away from the Internet.
I tried my best the past week, only checking my e-mail once a day and reducing Twitter updates.
I scheduled the majority of my week around sleeping and Top Chef. Rather than talk about my vacation in depth, here is a short list of my activities:
Visited Dad in Omaha.
Jazzercise classes x 4
Made some pumpkin cookies
Ate some pumpkin cookies.
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