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Have you seen this commercial for the yogurt that keeps you regular -- "Activa"? One young female woman doesn't want to go out (implication -- clubbing or whatever the kids are calling it these days) because she is "bloated". Roomie, of course, is regular -- because she eats Activa. EVERY DAY.

Then they show one of those medical looking pictures. It looks a little something like this:

Then this:

Oh, I see! Some yellow balls will move around, then form an arrow in (on?) my stomach pointing down. Right. That makes perfect sense.

Unless... wait, I think they mean it'll make you poop! That arrow means poop. Come on Dannon -- quit skirting the issue. Keep it real. It's poop you are talking about. POOP POOP POOP!

Also funny -- the bacteria "only found in Activa" is called Bifidous Regularis (TM). They trademarked the bacteria, and called it "Bifidous Regularis".

Posted by Mike at 07:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

So watching your kid learn how to walk turns out to be one of the more exhilarating things in life. Who knew? This video is from last week. It took him about 8 days after he started taking one step and diving into Mom and Dad's arms to get to this point. Scary cool.

Posted by Mike at 09:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Having recently published some of my music to this audience, I've probably lost a skosh of street cred when it comes to doling out advice in indie music. But trust me with this one -- you must go to your nearest record store tomorrow. The Flaming Lips and Built to Spill are releasing long awaited new albums on the same day!

It has been almost 4 years since the Lips put out "Yoshimi" and over 5 since BTS dropped "Ancient Melodies". Both great efforts by amazing bands. All the reviews I've read of the new albums -- "At War With the Mystics" and "You in Reverse" are great.

I'll pick them up tomorrow and give my actual take in the comments. But unless you have a problem with bearded men singing in falsetto, you should probably give these two releases a listen.

Update: Turns out I had one of the dates wrong. Kind of ruins the whole point of the post (sigh). The BTS album comes out next week, don't know if Warner Brothers changed it because of the other release or if I just had the date wrong. Also, I was sick today and couldn't find the other one anywhere on the Eastside (stupid big box retailers). Anyhoo -- I've ordered both online at Tower Records cause they are $9.99 each and the Built to Spill CD is autographed. So I won't actually have a review for ya'll soon. (exhale held breath now).

Posted by Mike at 08:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)