Cheech and Chong's Magic Brownie Adventure

The duo is back! And what are they up to for their new adventure? Staying regular and spreading the word! Yeah, even pot-smoking, rebellious comedians get old and have to become more conscious of the proper working of their bodily functions.

So this isn't actually a television campaign. That would be way too costly of a time spot to ultimately lead up to fiber-filled brownies. It is a campaign specifically designed to go viral on the internet; partially through things like right here. This is kind of an amazing new evolution of advertising campaigns. If you'll remember Heineken's The Entrance campaign (which did originally appear on television) where the character makes a grand entrance to a party whilst expertly greeting each unique guest in their own unique way, the spot caught fire on the internet and spurned on a number of other videos as compliments feeding the sensation; each highlighting the unique characters and their background story.

The Rum Diary is a loosely autobiographical novel by the iconic Gonzo writer, Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson is also the author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which in 1998 Johnny Depp also starred in in the movie adaption. The running theme: lots and lots of booze and lots and lots and LOTS of drugs going hand-in-hand with a series of 1970's, Hemingway-esque adventures.

Thompson is an absolute wild man! To give you an idea of this gentleman, it is appropriate to say that Ralph Steadman was a close friend of his and that Steadman was often enlisted to illustrate Thompson's words as the two aesthetics fell so perfectly in sync.

Coning

This is thing man! And you know what why the hell not. The only person losing out on the whole deal is the cone-er in that his hand is now kind of sticky. Working at a Mc-D's is boring as hell. At least this will give folks to talk about for a half hour.

Book: The Man in the Rockefeller Suit

I finished a book! Quite feat these days (unfortunately).

This is wild one. About six years ago this all front page news, but me in my ignorance just found out about it until now. Clark Rockefeller creates a media frenzy and worldwide search when he kidnapped his young daughter. Quickly it is revealed that this fellow was no Rockefeller. What unravels is the story of how a German immigrant makes it from his native hamlet to the being recognized as a member of one of the richest most elite families in the United States.

Now I'll say I tend to romanticize the idea of the smooth talking drifter able to charm the locals and recreate reality. It's one thing to learn about it through the envisioning of Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, but it is entirely another to see the raw realty of what such an individual must do to survive. It's quite unsettling to see how the kitchen prepares it cuisine. Yet, you are unable to look away. This story draws you in never stopping to fascinate and astonish.

Hitman 5: Absolution

I love the Hitman series. Other guys are into the high-body-count, mass-murder games, and, I mean, I'm a big fan of the GTA series and other shoot-em-up games, but at the same time I never really understood the appeal of going on some wild shooting spree killing a bunch of bystanders that had nothing to do with your objective. (By-the-by Scarface the game is good for this. Tony actually refuses to shoot someone who isn't a rival gang member and it still remains to be super high octane).

Anyway, after a round about way of getting to it, that's what I love of the Hitman games. You do it clean. Even killing one person outside of your contract will cost you money. You have to smart about your approach; strategic. In fact it is even more of a show of your talent if you don't use a gun at all, if you have get close, right up on your target, even better if you make it look like and accident.

In the last Hitman, the agency had been decimated and agent 47 (the lead character you see ripping through an army of guards here) was betrayed by his handler Dianna (the red head in the shower). However Dianna pulled a double betrayal helping 47 to fake his death so he could get close to the men who were after him. Now the man's gone rogue. It's going off!