Take a close look at this picture.....

Specifically at the gentleman on the right.....
Look vaguely familiar?......

Now remove the mustache and take off about ten years.......

Here's a clue: "Now we will share a lifetime of the fondest memories, by the Lake of Onawana...."

That's right, "Salute Your Shorts"'s very own Pinskey.....all grown up...
and he's in a band (well two bands actually), both of which rock.

Sure, he may not have been as endearing as the original camp stud "Mikey" (we all remember the episode where Mikey left and Pinskey appeared....chaos ensued)....but he was cooler....and lord knows that is an important quality when starting a band. Talent is fine but "coolness" is where it's at.

SO check out "Rilo Kiley" (on "Takeoffs and Landings" the hidden track is called "Salute My Shorts"), and his new band "The Elected" (the best of the two in my opinion).......I think you'll dig the music, but if you don't at least you can be one step ahead of the "Where Are They Now"-Salute Your Shorts episode!

Another holiday with the fam....

I want to move to Norway.....that's right Norway
And if that doesn't work I'm gonna live in Ireland.....

And I'm going work just enough to survive, and spend rainy days reading books under an umbrella in the middle of some obscure little town that no one has ever heard of...

Yep, that's what I'm gonna do

Listening to the new Modest Mouse album....(now is the picture making sense?)....it's fantastic....go buy it!!


Okay, it is now painfully clear that I have way too much free time on my hands.
I'm just so addicted to this sketch feature

Let's all ban together and eradicate the term "No Offense" from our collective vocabulary.
I mean, all it really does is make whatever follows MORE offensive.
For example, if someone were to say to you: "I think people with big teeth are dumb"....you would only be insulted if you considered yourself part of that group, however, if he or she had said: "No offense, but I think beople with big teeth are dumb" than you are automatically implicated as not only someone with big teeth but also as someone lacking in intellegence.
SO, if I was to say to a friend : "No offense, but I think that people who use the term 'no offense' more often than 'hello' are completley insensitive bums who are too lazy to actually rephrase their comment so as to avoid insulting someone".....I think I would be making my point beautifully.