Der Nieman's new Slogan!

Ever though to yourself, "man my life is pretty good, but I wish I had a little zinger of a line that I could attach to my name... then life would be better." Well think no more. http://www.sloganizer.net/ can make all your dreams come true. It's already made my life way better. So far I've got 3 slogans (1- Think. Feel. Dave. 2-Dave, to Hell with the rest, and 3- hhhhhmmmm.... Dave). So I'm about to push the sloganizer button one more time, to choose the official DerBlog slogan! And the winner is........... "Let Your DerBlog Flow!"

For more awesome stuff guaranteed to make your life better, and some info on time travel visit the other blog I contribute to, Thinkercize!

Help Me Help You...

So since freepay.com has a 120 day window for you to complete the process to get a Free Wii, I realized that I need to get cracking. So if anyone wants to participate, here is my referral link:

http://gaming.freepay.com/?r=44503240

It asks you to put in some info about you (no credit card info), I made a separate gmail account for freepay, but so far I've only gotten one email from them (no spam...yet). Then after you make your account with freepay, the next step is to complete an offer! I recommend Blockbuster online, Video Professor, or one of the ring tone sites. If you don't want what ever service you sign up for just remember to quit it! If you have questions, email me. If you're only doing this to help me, thank you. If you want to get a free something yourself, awesome! let me know and maybe I can help you.

This one's for you D-Smooth

A year or two ago, my brother in law Dustin (D-Smooth) showed me this video that he really liked, and I didn't laugh out loud at it as much as is curtious to do in such situations, so he concluded that either I thought it was dumb, or that my sense of humor wasn't as refined as his. But D. I want you to know that since that day a week doesn't go by that I don't get this song stuck in my head (it's usually acomponied by a silent little head bob dance and a chuckle). So thank you Dustin. You are the man.

See more funny videos at CollegeHumor

Did you say Free Ninety Nine?

I am incredibly cheap... most of the time, and a total sucker for anything free. I'm not really sure which one of my parents to blame (or thanks) for this blessing / curse. Anyways 3+ years ago me and Devan Perona (who loves free stuff possibly even more than me (but less than John Hendricks)) got pumped about getting free ipods from http://www.freeipods.com/. After much research, and hassling many friends and family members to sign up for some free offers, Devan and I both got free ipods! So it worked!

Anyways being married has driven me to my former depths of cheapness, as well as my former love of video games, and I'm signing up with the same company for a free Nintendo Wii. So this is a warning / invitation to a lucky 6 of you that might want to help me in this quest of supreme manliness (being cheap and video games all in one). I'll make it worth your while.

Sawyer called me Math Boy.

So me and Jessica have been really getting into Lost lately, and are right now finishing up season 3. Anyways, if you're anything like me, you loose sleep over what clever nick name Sawyer might call you... well count sheep no more. Click HERE to check out Sawyers nick name generator!

Customers win when online companies make mistakes

This was an interesting article that made me want to do nothing but cruise expedia.com for mistakes all day. Check out the air fairs people have been able to get: $39 round-trip from Seattle to Lebanon, $51 round-trip from Los Angeles to Fiji, San Jose, Calif., to Paris for $27.98, $0 Air Pacific flight from Los Angeles to Fiji.

and HERE is the article.

MONKEYS CONTROL ROBOT ARMS WITH THEIR THOUGHTS!!!

This is crazy. They put electrodes in the monkey's brain and connected it to a robotic arm, and the monkey learned how to use it like it's his own! But I wonder, would a robotic arm be a help or a hindrance when swinging from trees? Probably a hindrance, unless it were talking about a go-go-gadget arm. But then you'd have to worry about Dr. Claw...

Click HERE for the story.

Top 5: THINGS DAVE NEEDS TO BLOG ABOUT

So I'm a big fan of lists...lists of things... favorite things.... least favorite things.... etc... So this is the first in series of Top 5's that should keep me busy for a while. Today's "Top 5" is.... Top 5: THINGS DAVE NEEDS TO BLOG ABOUT!

1) Getting married. - I'm married. The best comparison I've come up with is it's like life before / after cell phones. Only imagine that you're cell phone washes your cloths and makes good food and rubs your back. Yup. It's awesome.

2) Me and Jessica's apartment - We live in an attic free of right angles. Seriously. But even though it's wrong, it feels so right.

3) Iron Man - So awesome Jessica and I snuck into see it twice (it was cheap movie night at the nice theater, but you have to see a crappy movie). If theirs one thing Iron Man has taught me, it's that you can live your whole life in a selfish-drunken-stupor and still be a hero if you can kill bad guys and look awesome doing it.

4) 13 lbs - the weight I've gained since getting married

5) Moab - 4 days with Jess, Eric and Jamie Forsyth and my sister Kaity + 4-wheeling + mountain biking + hiking and checking out cool arches + lots of yummy food and ice cream = totally awesome

ps. I also really like "...'s" apparently

Hurray for Dave!

So today is my last day of college...(future grad school plans not included) and it's pretty anti-climactic. I think it's because I'm more stoked about getting married in 3 days!!! (3 exclamation points = more excited than a 12 year old at a Hanna Montana Concert). So I will be taking a break from blogging for a week or so because I will have better things to do. Like trying to impress Jessica with my almost a decade worth or bachelors level education.

Snoop's a Mormon!

For rizzle my nizzle.

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http://peoplemagazine.co.nr/people/article/008675309

You Tube March Madness #2

Ok so it's not March anymore, but unlike Collegiate Basketball, on the web there are no rule, so March madness continues. For some reason today is a Star Wars themed day... and this will probably end up being the last installment as well... but who knows, if I say it's the last one of these, I might just go and do another one just because you wouldn't see it coming... because hey, no rules right? Man it's awesome having your own blog... voting is really heating up on the first round of Youtube March Madness, seriously.

This video was the bomb when YouTube was still a baby in diapers. Recognize.

AtomFilms.com: Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | Comedy Central

and this one is long, but pretty freaking awesome. Ps. me and Devan spotted the Green Wizard from this clip in the background of a documentary on my favorite NY street Prayformer THOTH. THOTH is awesome, and put me in his slide show... but that's not the only reason he's awesome.

R.E.M.? In your Dreams!

So I was pretty stoked when I heard that REM was going on tour again. They've been one of my favorite bands since I was little tike in the 80's, thanks to the influence of my heavily hair sprayed older sister Kendra (who was aways nice enough to peg my pants for me too back in the day). Anyways turns out REM doesn't love me as much as I love them, since only 13 of 45 dates are in the U.S, and none near me... but that's ok because I'd probably be uncomfortable if Michael Stipe really did love me... still it made me sad.

I dedicate this blog entry to the movie Jumper. I want to come out publicly and proclaim my shameless love for the movie. It seems that most people feel encumbered by the need to renounce the movie simply because of it's ridiculous teleportation story, hackneyed dialogue, and horrible acting. While these things may be true, Jumper is a great story of historical human interest, coupled with a moving score and an amazingly accurate portrayal of how Hayden Christensen ruins ever movie he touches.
This being said, if you haven't seen it maybe it's time to go to the movies and give Jumper a shot. Here's to you, Doug Liman, I salute you.

YouTube March Madnes #1

I'm not really to into College Basketball, so I thought I'd make my own little version of March Madness... but for this to work I'm going ot need lots of participation from all you avid reader out there, so that means if you're reading this you have to vote... So the idea is this: each day 2 videos will square off and which ever video is the most awesome and gets the most votes wins that bracket and advances. We'll see how well this actually works....

Today we have...
GERMAN HUMAN TETRIS! Vs. Lenard Nemoy's Folk Rock Epic "the ballad of Bilbo Baggins"!
Be sure you vote for which video is more amazing, and props to Karl my brother for showing me these.

Tweed, the new black?

So I've been trying to find a black 3-piece suit on the internet and came across this really cool website where you can order custom made tweed suits from England! You pick what kind of tweed you want, and your size, then all the bespoke (customizations) you want, and they make it and mail it to you! So if anyone is doing early Christmas shopping I'm a 38 Long...

http://www.tweed-jacket.com/