The clear winner of "greatest things I've seen all day" award. And yes, we realize this ad has been around awhile, but it's still an amazing fucking poncho. Anytime you can use the phrase "Bitch ain't even cold in that poncho" in an ad, that's just solid advertising.

(Via BuzzFeed)

From The Sports History Desk...

Tonight I was watching a vintage Larry Bird clip on the YouTube. That link will take you to highlights of the infamous "Left Handed Game." The Legend had just come off a triple-double against my beloved and deceased Sonics. (R.I.P. I hate you Howard Schultz. Hope you get hit by a bus.) He was feeling it in the Rose Garden. In the game, for no damn reason, Larry started scoring left handed. Not just layups. Runners, hooks, floaters, short jumpers, it was ridiculous. Most say that The Legend would do this kind of thing because he was bored or need an additional challenge. I believe it was to intimidate. Imagine you're Jerome Kersey heading to the huddle during a 20 second timeout. "Bird is scoring lefty on me... There's nothing I can do." You'd be done.

#33 had another triple double that night, including the game winner. 47-14-11. Nearly half with his freaking off hand.

I noticed a video on the side for a Bird commercial. I had never seen it. Bird tried his hardest to read the cue cards while he shills Ford Escorts. Hating every minute of it. I can't tell you how much this made me laugh.

From the new world of old media...

One of the speakers and the Absolut event I went to last week was Anthony Zuiker. Creator/Producer/Writer of the CSI franchise. His new endeavor is quite interesting.

He wrote a book!

Okay, it's not just any book. It's a dark thriller.

Okay, not just a dark thriller novel. A "Digi-Novel."

One that attempts to incorporate elements of new and old media.

To quote the site Level 26 is "a multi-platform experience that moves the reader from passages in the books to videos and interactive content."

You don't just read Level 26: Dark Origins, you log in, watch and interact with it. There are webisodes after every chapter which piece together more parts of the story and unlock special codes. Plus a social media aspect to the book where readers can compare notes and interact.

The first installment of the book will arrive in stores September 8. Till then you can register on the site and begin your experience.

It's an interesting approach. Lets hope it works.

Saturday: Partly Cloudy, High of 75º
Sunday: Partly Cloudy, High of 77º

Such is the extended weather forecast in the Hamptons this weekend. The area has always been a "look but don't touch" place for me. An area so filled with opulence and wealth that simply dreaming about owning a house out there will cost you $200/second and require a review of your stock portfolio. It is unattainable.

This weekend, courtesy of Axe, I'll be shuttled out to the end of Long Island for a weekend of "posh spa treatments, catered food, wine tastings and a night partying it up VIP style at the AXE Lounge." What they've done is taken every single thing I enjoy in life (minus porcelain figurines of woodland creatures) and placed them into a weekend I couldn't pass up. My plan is to update this site throughout the weekend and send tweets to my twitter feed whenever possible. My secondary plan is to make friends with Diddy so as to get invited to his white party next year.

You think you're done with me this Summer? Not a chance...er...Hey! Welcome to the Summer Show of Musical hits and misses. This is once again Gordon 'Haterade' Pepper, who will be reviewing The Summer's version of American Idol meets Gong Show.

As with many of you reprobates, Shark Week means a lot to Echowood and myself. It's a borderline holiday. Like the first 4 days of March Madness for me or when Clay Aiken plays the Wamu Theater for Echo.

From the Meat Packing District, we ramble on about Shark Week and a few other items. You're not going to believe this, but somehow during a shark discussion, I jumped off on a monkey tangent. What are the odds?



Come on Discovey Channel, can we please have Monkey Week? I'll give that idea for a small finders fee and an executive producer credit. Seems like a fair deal, corporate suits.

As promised, a little clip of the Tony Danza masterpiece Going Ape!