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  • Final Proof that CHYSY Has Made It

    Ok, I know you guys are probably tired of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah posts, but guess what song was blasting at the Deptford, NJ Best Buy today? This Home on Ice

  • Annoying FTP Problem

    There’s an annoying FTP problem right now with the site that is preventing me from getting done the things I want to do tonight like fixing the OMI message board and uploading versions of Cutie Theater that work on the awesome new video iPods. I hope everyone had a great holiday. Congratulations to Jason Zahn…

  • 2005 bengarvey.com Awards

    The past few years I’ve mentioned which album I thought was the best that year. My pick for last year was Rubber Factory by the Black Keys. It’s a great album, but it would have never made the cut had I listened to Arcade Fire’s Funeral, which I bought in February ’05. I can consume…

  • Sara O’Brien Saved By A Trampoline?

    Wow, I just read this in the Courier Post. It turns out that local singer/songwriter Sara O’Brien was trapped in her house when it caught fire. To escape she jumped out the window and on to a trampoline!O’Brien — a 30-year-old singer-songwriter who is also a certified yoga, Pilates and kick-boxing instructor — narrowly escaped…

  • OMI Message Board is Down

    The Odd Man In message board was hacked by a worm that attacks unpatched phpbb boards. It looks like all the data is intact, so I’ll be able to repair it. The message board is closed for now.

  • CYHSY on NPR’s All Things Considered

    All Things Considered has a piece on the Internet hype surrounding Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Here is their timeline:* June 9, 2005: Dan Bierne writes about the band on his MP3 blog. * June 14, 2005: Pitchfork Media posts a review of the song “In This Home On Ice.” * June 15, 2005: Blogger…

  • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on the Office

    Did anyone hear Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s “Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth” tonight on the Office? It was playing in the background at Jim’s party. Like I said before, I think the NBC Office is a great show even though the BBC version is the best TV show ever made. At first they…

  • Chili

    I made the famous chili on Sunday and it turned out great, but I definitely ate too much of it. My stomach almost exploded. Usually I have no problem locating the chipotle chili peppers at the Westmont Plaza Superfresh, but they didn’t have them so Jeanne ran out to Genuardi’s for me. Now that I…

  • Bubble Boy

    Wow, this is a great story. A guy spent 11 years trying to find the holy grail of toys: Colored Bubbles. He thought he succeeded a few times only to run into snags ranging from staining clothes to chemical burns. In the end, a dye scientists helped him perfect a disappearing dye and the rest…

  • Age of Empires 3

    Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a huge fan of the Age of Empires series by Ensemble Studios and Microsoft. Age of Empires 3 covers the colonial period and I’m totally hooked on it. Like the others it’s a Real Time Strategy game where you collect resources, build armies, and fight on randomly generated landscapes.…

  • Cloud Gate Panorama

    You guys know I’m a big fan of Chicago’s Cloud Gate in Millenium Park. Check out this panorama.

  • There they saw a ROCK!

    Wow. This might be the funniest thing the Family Guy ever did. Granted, it’s old but it’s still funny.

  • PBF Brings Back Refridgeron and Magnimus

    I don’t think my favorite web comic does this too often, but they brought back their Transformeresque characters Refridgeron and Magnimus. See the original See the new one.

  • UTO – Ubiquitous Terrell Owens

    I was away for a few days last week and as I was catching up on a few shows via TiVo, I felt like I was watching the same show over and over. Why? Because TV this week was non-stop TO. John Stewart called him a “dick” on the Daily Show Conan talked to him…

  • bengarvey is a GameShow Master

    Alright, I finally made the GameShow masters list. Did I finally win a month? Hell no, but I am the 8th best optional doubler of all time.BEST OPTIONAL DOUBLERS – ALL TIME ANYONE can take the optional double twice per edition – but these players do it better than you. Players must have used more…

  • Thought of the Day

    Why the hell did Fred Flintstone order a piece of meat so heavy it made his car fall over? What an idiot.

  • Sam Alito is a Phillies Fan

    Can you trust this man’s judgement?Clerks and associates who have worked with him paint a picture of a polite, modest, quietly humorous man who enjoys baseball?he’s a Phillies fan?and who enjoys exploring the ethnic restaurants that surround his office in Newark.The emphasis is all mine.

  • Coolest Commercial Ever

    Drop 250,000 super balls into San Francisco and you get this. (19 MB download)

  • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ The TLA last night

    You know what’s the worst feeling? When you go to print out your will call confirmation number “just to be on the safe side” and you look at the email and it says, “Delivery: US Mail.” Shit And it’s an hour before the show starts. Shit. Shit. So stupid ass nexttix.com never sent me my…

  • Now This is Good Journalism

    Man Arrested For Sprinkling Fecal Matter On Pastries When I saw this headline I thought to myself, “How can you sprinkle fecal matter?” and to my surprise the reporter totally answered my question.