Happy New Year 2007!

Some of us are just hanging around and hoping to make it big with the virgins this New Years Eve. To all Hububbers Merry New Years and a Happy Kwaanza Too! Oh yeah, a joyful Ramadan as well.

Switch to New Blogger. NOW!

And if you're wondering what your #1 New Year's resolution should be, look closely at the gun barrel. Think. THINK!

September

White lights cavorting
'mid domed islands, yellow
with goldenrod.
Trees, stark, gray, dead,
still punctuate the waters,
Telling that the pools
are young.

One lone duck swims, suns,
dives, surfaces.
'Tis a day that foretells winter kindly.

Red, the symbol of danger?
Ah, say not so!
Gaze on the sumach's
flaming beacon,
signalling from yonder hillside;
yon fiery maple filling the air
with crimson banners;
the sun, God's scarlet signal
of departing day.

Say rather,
"Red, the sign of God's
omnipotence."

-Olga Laird Hinckley

The orginal poem.
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Now I think I'll go out and get a tall Christmas Blend Starbucks. The one with the whip cream and red and green sprinkles. Hope they're still making them.

Trifecta Revisited...

all the people living life trash-free.

No smoking allowed. Chelsea Market Photo Gallery, Dec 26, 2006.

Seven people dead on a South Dakota farm. Six videos.
[Speaking of videos, Smelly missed this early fall video contest.]

Trifecta context here, here and here.

Sectarian Strife Explained...

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said "Stop! Don't do it!"
"Why shouldn't I?" he said.
"Well, there's so much to live for!"
"Like what?"
"Well...are you religious?"
He said yes. I said, "Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?"
"Christian."
"Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?
"Protestant."
"Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"
"Baptist."
"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?"
"Baptist Church of God."
"Me too! Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of God."
"Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?"
He said, "Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915." I said, "Die, heretic scum," and pushed him off.
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What it's like to jump off an 876 foot high bridge.
Care for an additional adrenaline rush?
How about a photo of someone you know jumping out of a hot air balloon?
Or video of someone you don't jumping off a downtown NYC building?
How about actual video of a guy who fell 12,000 feet after his parachute didn't open...and he lived?!

It's A Wonderful Life (the full version online)...

Watch 101 Classic Christmas Videos Online!
Also includes The Simpsons, The Flinstones and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, among many others.

[This is absolutely my last Christmas-related post.]

I Don't Feel Good...

Christmas morning. James Brown. Dead at 73.

Merry Christmas Monkeys!

"Merry Christmas to all six billion of you (regardless of your personal belief system) and to all a good night! And in case you're wondering, that was not a small lump of coal I deposited in your stocking. Ho, Ho, Ho!"

Merry Christmas...And Oh Yeah, We Discovered Proof Of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent Life

Disclosure Project - Steven M. Greer - SETI Makes Alien Contact

A Friedrich Nietzsche Christmas...

This short video is beyond good and evil.

Backworldsmen...

Weariness, which seeketh to get to the ultimate with one leap, with a death-leap; a poor ignorant weariness, unwilling even to will any longer: that created all gods and backworlds.

Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

You Heard It Here First...

Jesus was born on September 11th and three wise men came to see what The Hubbub was all about. Or were they...

three Neitzsche-reading monkeys?

In Search of Historic Jesus: Christmas Is Actually September 11

From http://petragrail.tripod.com/page5.html

"Jesus was born within a few minutes of 6:30-7:30 pm on the evening of September 11th, 3 BC."

"How can we know the exact day--and nearly the hour--of the birth of Jesus? In his second chapter, Luke tells what happened the day Mary came to the Temple for purification 40 days after the birth of Jesus. All one has to know is what day this was. And Luke plainly names the day. In fact, he includes three statements identifying the day. So what day was this? Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement. The 10th day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar."

"In Luke's time, Yom Kippur was called three things: The day of the "Fast," the day
of the "Purification,"and the day of "Redemption." Luke uses all three to identify the day Jesus was brought to the Temple. And he even quotes the Torah rule that mandates the 40-day period for the mother to wait after the child's birth [Lk 2:22-38]."

"And if there were any doubt that it was Yom Kippur, Luke tells of a woman named
Anna who had been in the Temple for a "night and day" without leaving. There was
ONLY ONE DAY A YEAR when a person could pray overnight in the Temple: Yom
Kippur. All other days, the Temple was locked at sundown."

"This shows the 40th day of Mary's Purification had begun at the end of Yom Kippur, the end of the 10th day of the 7th month, because we know the Purification was done at the earliest opportunity--at the beginning of the 40th day after birth. And since the 6th month normally had only 29 days, simple arithmetic shows Mary's 39 days of Purification had to have begun around sundown on the 1st day of the 6th month, called Elul."

"The Hebrew lunar calendar dates vary with respect to our solar calendar. So the 1st of Elul was September 11th in 3 BC, but began on August 22 in 1998. The same was true in the days of the early church, of course. In a given year, the 1st of Elul could have fallen on September 8th, for example."

"We can also tell from Luke's Gospel that Jesus had been born in early evening, for
Luke says the shepherds were keeping watch by night, but still had time to go into town and tell the people what they had seen earlier that evening. People rose early with the sun in those days, and would have been asleep by 9 or 10 pm. Therefore, the birth had taken place no later than 8 pm, and probably before 7 pm. Yet Luke says it happened at night, which means after sunset--surely after 6 pm in September. Hence, it follows that Jesus was born within a few minutes of 6:30-7:30 pm on the evening of September 11th, 3 BC."

Peace On Earth...

An important video message of unity this Holiday season from Religion of Peace spokesperson Ayman al-Zawahiri.

WAR...

HOL

Donder and Blitzen...

all snug in their beds.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra...

"He who maketh no secret of himself shocketh: so much reason have ye to fear nakedness! Aye if ye were gods, ye could then be ashamed of clothing! The Hubbub is not to be read with thine naked eyes!"

Smart Monkeys

Wear Underwear when they read The Hubub.

Snakes On A Plane: The Lost Audition Tapes...

For the lost audition tapes click here.

For thematic context per The Hubbub's archived posts click here and here and maybe here.

For an explanation of the "are belong to us" phenomenon click here.

Do not click here.

Smart Monkeys Read Neitzsche...

If you've ever slept (or done something else) in Smelly's Nietzsche Room, then click here.

Santa's Butt: BUSTED!

The sad video evidence here.

Is David Hasselhoff the Son of God?

David Hasselhoff walking on water, 1992

Reviews of David Hasselhoff's Greatest Hits album on Amazon...

A man on the verge of eclipsing the sun, April 23, 2003
Reviewer: MR DANIEL FELSTEAD from London United Kingdom

Take all your CD's and burn them for in one single dynamic stroke David has rewritten the history book of music. It's as if Dave has been possessed by the spirits of John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin and Bob Hope. Through his sensitive hands he weaves masterpiece after masterpiece that instantly have a timeless quality to them whilst still retaining their edgy contemporary/street roots. This is a mark of a true creative genius at work. Sit back and feel his greatness, it will be the most awesome ride of your life. Is he the son of God?, maybe. Has he changed the course of modern culture? Definitely. When it comes to music the Germans are not often wrong and they love big D.

Source: BoreMe.com.

Why We Shouldn't Post About Politics On The Hubbub

And it's not just because are blog posters are alternately right-wing nut jobs or lefty, god-hating liberals, but because I get these emails:

"From: list@grabtech.net
Subject: link suggestion - blog banned by Google
Date: December 16, 2006 1:36:31 PM EST
To: poekicker@gmail.com
Reply-To: list@grabtech.net

Hi. My name is Eugene Gershin. Perhaps we have met online, but more probably you don't know me from Adam. I monitor blogs for SamsonBlinded, and came across your post.

I'd like to welcome you to look at Obadiah Shoher's blog. Obadiah - an anonymous Israeli politician - writes extremely controversial articles about Israel, the Middle East politics, and terrorism.
Shoher is equally critical of Jewish and Muslim myths, and advocates political rationalism instead of moralizing.
Google banned our site from the AdWords, Yahoo blocked most pages, and Amazon deleted all reviews of Obadiah's book, Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict.
Nevertheless, 170,000 people from 78 countries read the book.

Various Internet providers ban us periodically, but you can look up the site on search engines. The mirror www.terrorism-in-israel.com/blog currently works.

Please help us spread Obadiah's message, and mention the blog in one of your posts, or link to us from the-hubbub.blogspot.com. I would greatly appreciate your comments.

Best wishes,
Eugene Gershin"


Oy veh!

Maine: The Butt of Jokes This Christmas...

I hate Maine. Main(e)ly because I got a speeding ticket up there in September ($225 for going 85 in a 65*). And now this! The Maine Bureau of Liquor Enforcement is banning Santa's Butt Winter Porter because it deems the label undignified and improper! As far as I'm concerned the state of Maine is infringing on free speech rights. I urge you all to boycott Maine's products. I for one will no longer be ordering the spicy lobster maki at the cafeteria at work anymore. And I've told my wife she has to return that snowfield fleece jacket she recently bought from L.L. Bean.

*And no, the baby was not in the car. I was driving up to New Brunswick with my Dad to do some fly fishing. Incidentally, have you seen this video on Google? The quality of the YouTube version was pretty bad.

David Hasselhoff in His Boy Band Days...

Several months at a fat farm and, of course, plastic surgery set him up for that lucky break on The Young and the Restless. The rest as they say is history.

For more savory pics of other boy bands from the '70s, click here.

How About Some Friday Sizzle Dutch-style?

Reportedly Outselling Beer Nutz...

And it's a two-year old CD you have to import from Germany!

Amanda Sells Out...

After being fired from Rocketboom in July, Amanda set up her own edgy video blog. But the big news today is...she sold out to ABCNews.com! Not only do they make you watch a commercial first, she's turning into the female David Hasselhoff!



UPDATE! Amanda set up a new non-commercial vlog of her own as well. Give Starring Amanda Congdon a try.

David Hasselhoff...

If you're new to The Hubbub and would like to expand on the David Hasselhoff theme, please send an email to Slag and ask to become a Contributor.

Blogging is Easy...

Blogging is the most easy, pain-free, and happy way to pass the time of all the arts. As I write this, for example, I am sitting comfortably in my rose garden and typing on my new computer. Each rose represents a story, so I'm never at a loss for what to type. I just look deep into the heart of the rose, read its story, and then write it down. I could be typing kjfiu joew.mv jiw and enjoy it as much as typing words that actually make sense, because I simply relish the movements of my fingers on the keys. It is true that sometimes agony visits the head of a writer. At those moments, I stop writing and relax with a coffee at my favorite restaurant, knowing that words can be changed, rethought, fiddled with, and ultimately denied. Painters don't have that luxury. If they go to a coffee shop, their paint dries into a hard mass.

Do not click here.

Holy Crap!

It is a sad day when we receive the latest news that actor Peter Boyle has joined toothless George Washington. At age 71 Mr. Boyle passed away today in NYC Presbyterian Hospital from Multiple Myeloma and heart disease.
While a generation of TV viewers knows him as Frank Barone - with his trademark "Holy crap!" line - Boyle had a respectable career long before "Everybody Loves Raymond" debuted in 1996, including a part in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." He also was close friends with John Lennon, who was best man at Boyle's wedding.
A member of the Christian Brothers religious order based at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Boyle turned to acting, the tall, prematurely balding Boyle gained notice in the title role of the 1970 sleeper hit "Joe," playing an angry, murderous bigot at odds with the emerging hippie youth culture.
Briefly typecast in tough, irate roles, Boyle began to escape the image as Robert Redford's campaign manager in "The Candidate" and left it behind entirely after "Young Frankenstein," Brooks' 1974 send-up of horror films.
The latter movie's defining moment came when Gene Wilder, as scientist Frederick Frankenstein, introduced his creation to an upscale audience. Boyle, decked out in tails, performed a song-and-dance routine to the Irving Berlin classic "Puttin' On the Ritz."

Speaking Words of Wisdom...

President George Washington the founding father of this great country entered into his eternal reward on December 14, 1799.

"My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty . . . it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein."
George Washington (02-22-1732 : 12-14-1799, age 67 years Old)

This is an actual photograph of our Founding Fathers famous teeth located in Washington, DC.

Speaking of Snowglobes...

Give this one a shake!

Merry Kwaanza you Infidel Judeo/Christian Scumbags

In the spirit of the peace of the season, please accept our warmest wishes for a fatwa filled Holiday season. Please visit your nearest shopping mall on December 23rd at approximately 4 :00 PM.

Thank you.

Yassir Ahmin Koranski

Kwanzaa? Ha! MERRY CHRISTMASS!!

Speaking of Hannakuh...

and Moses and the Ten Commandments and all that, is coveting your neighbor’s female slave or donkey still a banned posting topic?

Speaking of Ramadan...

and Muhammad and the one true religion and all that, is the religion of peace still a banned posting topic?

The Season of Forgiveness...

Reverend Lovejoy Says:

Big E's Friday Sizzle

Well folks, College football season is over. In the spirit of the game I bring you this fine young lady...



She MUST be on the Pep Squad!!!


Oh and by the way...In case you missed it.



And for all you Irish Catholics out there who root for ND for no other reason than the fact they are Catholic and call themselves "Irish" keep this in mind...




Have a GREAT weekend everybody!!!

Speaking of Christmas...

and the birth of Christ and all, is religion still a banned posting topic?

Speaking of Men and Women...

The perfect Christmas gift for him.
The perfect Christmas gift for her.

Male vs. Female

Subject:

WHY MEN AREN'T SECRETARIES..
Husband's note on refrigerator for wife:
Someone from the Gyna Colleges called.
They said the Pabst beer is normal.
I didn't even know you liked beer.>

Bring Back Yukon Cornelius...

Oh wait a minute, he was never a Contributor to this site. Must be thinking of somebody else. In any event, why not watch Yukon in this Christmas classic: Raging Rudolph.
(This one is not a Christmas classic.)

Smelly, It is your soulmate!

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It is considered polite to light a match after passing gas. But not while on a plane. An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said. The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened. The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a "body odor," Lowrance said. She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said. "It's humorous in a way, but you feel sorry for the individual, as well," she said. "It's unusual that someone would go to those measures to cover it up." The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane. The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident. © 2006 The Associated Press.

yeah Smelly, I know the old glass house shit but this was way too easy.... Like we all haven't been there.

The Bohemian...

Was he a rebel? Artist? An outcast from society? His existence thrived on creativity. Each morning he would rush off to a special room and create tiny hairs in a sink. Then he would sit and reflect.

Which Hubbub Contributor is he?
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OK, now that we know (thank you Smelly), can we speculate as to whether he's really out for the count? Or will he get off the mat and deliver in the 12th round with that Hubbub saving opus?

10 worst Christmas songs

I am sorry to report that Sir Paul McCartney and Mr. John Lennon have been identified as perpetrators involved with the 10 worst Christmas songs of all times ( this may be a conspiracy website) .http://theknightshift.blogspot.com/2005/12/post-666-top-ten-worst-christmas-songs.html This is a general unbiased google derived list, please comment on what songs you feel qualify for the 10 worst. Mt first vote is that horrible sickening song that begins.."I met my lover in the grocery store..." followed closely by the unknown titled " you forget cranberries too" baloney. then that George Michaels gay boy " Last Christmas, I gave you my heart" Please vote today!

THE TEN DUMBEST HOLIDAY BOOKS

I never know what to buy people for Christmas but here's some gift books to avoid:

10. "The Tree-Trimming Safety Manual" by Ralph Nader
9. "Just for Fun-akuh: The Complete Hannakuh Joke Book" by Maury Maccabee
8. "The Big Book of Frankincense" compiled by Time-Life
7. "We Three Stooges: The Inspiring Story of the Four Magi, Cannibalism and
Survival in the Negev Desert" by Stephen Ambrose
6. "The Ethics and Exceptions of Re-Gifting" by Noam Chomsky
5. "Pimp My Kwaanza Ride" by Kool Moe Hoopdee
4. "The History of Chestnut Roasting: Its Antecedents, Accidents and Amazing Aromas"
Ken and Ric Burns with Geoffrey Ward
3. "How to Deliver a Messianic Baby in a Stable" by Dr. Nick (Hi Everybody!)
2. "One Hundred Things You Did Not Know About Good King Wenceslus (But Were Afraid
To Ask) by Karol Wotyjla
1. "Who Pooped On Santa? The Legend of Why Kris Kringle Stopped Delivering Toys To
Zoos" by Albert Spoors

Big E's "KellDog this ones for you!" Friday Sizzle

Sit back, have a beer and fantasize on this for awile:)



This one is for the rest of you folks...



Have a happy weekend one and all!!!