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So I am apartment squatting for the week, a friend left me her pad while she was away for business and Mr Bagaki was feeling extra nice and let me ditch town for some new scenery. (He thinks it might help my lack of creativity and productivity) Anyway, I just tried nuking some left-over pasta in the microwave-o and damn does that sucka cook. In about 40 seconds my pasta was rendered inedible for about 2 minutes so it could cool. Thank you Frigidaire for your outstanding compassion for producing one hell of a microwave oven. Kudos my product engineer friends, kudos to you and your damn good microwave.

This is the current commercial for the video game Gears of War. This is currently one of the big games out for the xbox 360. I wanted to get some reader feedback on the commercial and the choice of music for the game. This is a first person shooter where you are fighting aliens for some reason, I’m guessing to save the world… like all FPS games. Anyway, the music is quite epic for the scenes and I wanted to know if you think it is fitting for such a game commercial or not. Many people across the net seem to think it fits quite well.

The song for those interested is by Gary Jules and is called Mad World. This version is actually performed by Michael Andrews and is taken from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. This was originally a Tears for Fears song.

We all know what her psychic intuition is, she wants in this kids pants. She is being quite suggestive if she doesn’t. This show does give me a great idea though, look for it on bagaki.TV

Over a year later I have finally taken the time to post all of the birthday cards mailed to founding members of bagaki.com for the 5th birthday bash. If you never received your card, don’t fret it, apparently a few didn’t. But now you can see what you (were supposed to) and everyone else got.

The 2005 Birthday Cards Archive

I have started to notice a trend on the site. If you look back over the past 20 or so posts, many of the “in the past” posts are very closely related. I am starting to wonder if there is some type of cosmic force that compels me to write similar or related posts exactly one year apart. I am starting to believe that maybe I am on repeat. I have simply run out of ideas and start subconsciously re-using the same concepts the next year. Or, maybe this is all part of “the cycle”. My personal belief is that the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause are really the same creature. Now think about it. They both are non-religious figures that both appear at religious times of the year. More specifically Christian holidays. So maybe they are spies for the Christian army. They collect little children’s thoughts for marketing teams in the North Pole and wherever the hell the Easter Bunny lives. These thoughts are then used for selling toys to children during the “holiday shopping season”. (Which I feel isn’t a season, as the term season should be reserved for yearly periodic changes in the weather)

And what about the tooth fairy? Is it a male or female fairy? What do they do with all the teeth? I bet those teeth are stored in a big box somewhere, then when any of the fairies get into a drunken brawl and lose some teeth, they can just dig in the box for some that fit. I don’t like the idea of drunken tooth fairies so lets just concur that its really the periodontal industry who steals our teeth, giving us maybe a dollar or change, and then uses our teeth in expensive dentures for old people. Its a scam, and to think I pulled all of my adult teeth and only made $22. My dentures cost my upwards of $600. Periodontics - 1, Gurt - 0

I’ll get mine, you just wait.

For everything there is a purpose, a purpose for you to define
For everyone there is a reason, a reason to believe
For tomorrow there is today, because thats just how it works
For me there is this red rash and crippling diarrhea

That says it all folks, my Christmas is ruined.

[BEGIN PISSED OFF RANT]

This Nazi consumerism is really pissing me off. Sure we are a consumer culture (which pisses me off), but come on people. The media shows hoards of people standing in line fighting with each other for PRODUCTS!!!! TVs!!! WHY? People are becoming soulless just for that great deal on a 50″ TV. They fight each other to spend their minimum wage so they can be “cool” like their friends and neighbors with their big screen TVs and stereos (When they can’t afford the stuff to begin with). Here is your free tip of the day, don’t use credit cards, they are evil and so are the banks that push them into the hands of Americans with NO MONEY MANAGEMENT SKILLS. C’mon people, you are going to be the downfall to this country, and I sure as hell don’t want you to bring me down with you. Have any of you seen the trade deficit this country has with China? And for those who are worried about China being “bigger” than the USA, don’t worry - they already own most of this county.

[END PISSED OFF RANT]

Happy Black Friday. I am spending my day taking photos, NOT BUYING ANYTHING, and enjoying my time with family and friends. I am also exercising today, like everyday, and living within my means. Fuck the corporate holidays, everyday is a holiday - wake up and realize it.

The mayor of a small Brazilian town has begun handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of dozens of elderly men and their partners.

“Since we started the free distribution of sexual stimulants, our elderly population changed. They’re much happier,” said Joao de Souza Luz, the mayor of Novo Santo Antonio, a small town in the central state of Mato Grosso.

Hey, I could have guessed they would be happier. Good for them, but I wonder what how much the heart-attack rate has gone up? From what I have heard, when you take Viagra you see everything with a hint of blue in it (or on it). Can anyone factually confirm this?

I ran across this life insurance site with some pretty morbid information. They have 19 facts about death, the first being about decapitation. These facts seem a bit out of place on the site, but hey, maybe this is what they DON’T cover. I didn’t see Viagra induced heart-attack, so we’re fine.

A very nice Thanksgiving Day to all. Take a moment and remember why you are thankful today. I am thankful that I am not crazy like this kid. All seriousness aside, everyone here at bagaki.com would like to wish all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Even if you don’t like your family, we hope that you can enjoy the food. I know I hate pumpkin pie.

All Our Best
Gurt T Luhrman & Friends

A weekend with Gurt, the adventure of a lifetime. This is your chance to win the ultimate party favor, Gurt Luhrman himself. Use him, abuse him, just don’t lose him. This package is valued at $4500.00 and is part of the November Giveaway and the bagaki experience. Now you can be one of the first to be part of what is sure to become bigger than Zuba’s or pogs.

Due to the time frame in which people access the site, I will post the following question and all correct answers will be added to a drawing for this exquisite giveaway.

QUESTION: What is the name of Gurt T Luhrman’s father?

All correct answers must be time-stamped by 11:59pm CST on November 24th, 2006. Begin your experience, The Bagaki Experience.

This to me seems like a great idea for a TV commercial for Post-It Notes (r) brand sticky notes. I would love to make 6 figures and come up with ideas like this for fun commercials. Give me a sweet office, good parking spot, and some creative freedom and lets see what happens.

• Second Attention - Think for yourself
  While the design and layout of this site is painful, it poses some interesting questions and ways of looking at things. There is a section with several speakers and their lectures.
• New Tech Push Against Drunken Driving
  If Mothers Against Drunk Driving has its way, a device that checks a driver’s alcohol levels will be mandatory in cars owned by anyone ever convicted of drunk driving, and, eventually, EVERY AUTOMOBILE!!!
• News Corp. Cancels O.J. Simpson Book and TV Special
  News Corp., the parent company of book publisher HarperCollins and the FOX network, has canceled publication of the O.J. Simpson book and television special “If I Did It.”
• Railroad Tycoon NOW FREE
  Download the original Railroad Tycoon now for free. The publisher is now offering the game free of charge. Choo-choo
• UFO Detector!!
  Make sure you know when you are going to be abducted

I was standing in line at a local merchant and noticed a younger man in front of me trying to make an exchange. Apparently one of his 5 Wii’s didn’t come with toothpaste. He told the nice lady at the checkout that he has 5 Wii’s, 6 controllers, 4 power units, and one of them didn’t come with toothpaste. He even brought in an opened tube of Colgate in a clear ziploc baggy. I guess this was to prove he had to use someone else’s toothpaste because his Wii didn’t come with some. The nice lady let him go and get a tube of toothpaste from the shelf. I had to leave before this thing ended, but I wonder what brand of toothpaste he picked out?

What an odd start to my Tuesday, that is for sure. And I think the Colgate website can give you epileptic seizures from all of the moving and flashing crap on the screen. Damn!