R.I.P. Ray Charles

I heard that Ray Charles died today while I was in line at the drive-thru at Taco Bell. I was not only saddened by the passing of this musical legend but also tormented by the thought that it will be overshadowed by the passing of a mediocre actor and half-wit president. When I told the African American girl who was running the drive-thru that Ray Charles had died, she said, "Who?" How could she not know who Ray Charles was? I saw Ray Charles perform in Savannah in 1997. It was an amazing show. The mayor proclaimed it Ray Charles day and gave him the key to the city. He sang "Georgia On My Mind," I almost cried. I shed a tear now for Ray Charles and anyone who doesn't know who this great artist was. Although the Pepsi commercials were a little much.

Vacuum Cleaners?

Who would have known that there were so many different Limited Ed. vacuum cleaners in the world? I really did not expect to find any. But there are a lot of them apparently. First off, we have this Miele S548i Aluminium Limited Edition Vacuum Cleaner:



Apparently this is the first ever HEPA certified vacuum cleaner! I'm not exactly sure what makes it Limited Ed., but that's how it is advertised. Then you got this Eureka Boss Limited Edition Vacuum:



I'm not really sure what makes this one Limited Ed. either. Maybe the color? There is no indication on the site as to why it is limited. Then there is this Eureka Limited Edition Vacuum. I'm not sure why this one is limited either. I'm thinking it probably has something to do with the bonus mini turbo nozzle. All of these Limited Ed. vacuums seem to be limited for no reason at all. Of course, the best vacuum I have ever used is this Dyson DC07 Full Gear Model:



Dyson is even running a contest called "Colour My Dyson" in which you can design your own Limited Ed. Dyson vac and a portion of the proceeds from the sales of the winning design will be donated to Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood (CLIC). Not only do they make the best vacuums, but they donate money to charity, too. All of these vacuums really suck, but the Dyson definitely sucks the best. I just wish the same could be said of my girlfriend. Wait a minute, I don't have a girlfriend. So who was that in my room last night?*
*Is it ironic that my 69^th post is about something that sucks?

Wiener Or Weiner?

I was just thinking about my last post and the spelling of the word wiener. I am not sure if it is spelled "wiener" or "weiner." I looked up both on google, and both of them returned hot dog references. According to my limited knowledge of German pronunciation, wiener should be spelled with the "i" before the "e". This is also the general rule of English spelling. "'I' before 'e' except after 'c' and when pronounced 'ay' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'." So why all of the references to wiener spelled "weiner?" Is everyone who works for hot dog companies as poor of a speller as me? Probably so. If anyone knows the reason why there are two spellings for the word "wiener" please let me know. Thanks.

Delicious Wiener

Mandi sent me the link to this cute little device: the Octodog!



The Octodog can do amazing things to any wiener. I tried it on my own wiener. Here's the result:



It sure did hurt! I think it would probably be a lot less painful if I used a hot dog. Maybe one of the Limited Ed. Kobe beef hot dogs from the Old Homestead Steak House Restaurant, New York City's oldest and finest steak house, would work better. At $19 a pop they should taste a little better than my wiener anyhow. You gotta' get it with the Kobe beef chili topping and Vidalia onions. Also, if you ever get the chance and can actually afford it, try the $95 Kobe steak or the $41 Kobe beef burger topped with exotic mushrooms and micro greens. I'm not sure what micro greens are, but just thinking about all of that delicious, tender Kobe beef is making my mouth water. I know where I'm going the next time I am in New York and someone else is paying for my meal.

Adorable T's

Limited Ed. is sleepy. So sleepy he is having trouble typing. So sleepy he couldn't use an exclamation point to save his life. Limited Ed. was up all night thinking about a toy store on 9^th Street in Durham that is for sale. Limited Ed. would love to run his own toy store. He was up thinking about how he would design the interior, what toys he would stock, how he would prevent shoplifting, how he used to do a lot of shoplifting himself, how he once wrote an article about shoplifting for an indy zine in high school, how he can't concentrate on one topic, but is constantly wandering, wandering, wandering. Then he thought about what kind of t-shirts he would have in his toy store. He would have to have some t's by k adorable at his store. Like this one:



K adorable makes Limited Ed. t-shirts, and they have a monthly subscription service that sends you one-of-a-kind t's. They are cute and silly and make me laugh, even when I can barely keep my eyes open. I'm glad there is a couch here in the office. Nap time.

Thanks to Cool Hunter Josh Rubin for the k adorable info.

Ch-Check It Out!

My last four posts have had exclamation points in the title! Sweet! I am really excited! Especially since the Beastie Boys new and possibly final album, To The 5 Burroughs, will be in stores June 15^th! I can't wait! It's too bad this is their last album, supposedly. In honor of this historic release and the passing of Ronald Reagan, one of the most overrated presidents in American history, I have found some nice Limited Ed. Beastie Boys shtuff. Okay, so this really doesn't have anything to do with that bumbling dolt, but I am currently watching the news, and they can't seem to get off of Reagan's jock. Anyway, I don't want to get into all that. I'll just get all worked up and have to start using exclamation points again!

The first Limited Ed. Beastie Boys item I found was thisBeastie Boys Australian Tour Poster:



Then there's this Limited Ed. white label breakbeat mix of Fight For Your Right. I also found this Limited Ed. Hello Nasty Australian Import:



With a bonus disc with four extra songs. And this Limited Ed. Hello Nasty Instrumentals seems pretty sweet. *drool*

Nerds!

Limited Ed. is the first to admit that he is a bit of a nerd. For one thing, he is constantly talking about himself in the third person. David Cross would be very disappointed in me for this, but I'm not nearly as bad as Ricky Henderson. Anyway, along with Limited Ed.'s other nerdy avocations, such as web design, graphic design, and toy collecting, I am also a big video game nerd. I have owned or played extensively on an Atari 2600, Intellivision, Commodore 64, NES, Super NES, Gameboy, Sega Genesis, Playstation, Nintendo 64, Playstation 2, Gamecube, and Gameboy Advance SP. I have played every game from Archon to Zaxxon. Now Nintendo has decided to come out with a Limited Ed. Game Boy Advance SP Classic NES:



It looks like an old-skool NES controller, but is probably more powerful than an entire NES system. And it fits in the palm of your hand! Limited Ed. might have to trade in his old jet-black GBA SP for this new one. Then he can play all of old-skool NES games on the go and look nerdy-cool doing it. I'm not sure how many this item is limited to, but you can get it at amazon.com.

Be on the lookout for a couple more posts today since I didn't post anything all weekend because I was out having fun and not being nerdy.

Thanks to I4U.com for the GBA SP info. No thanks to Gadget Madness for making it so that I couldn't link to the GBA SP Classic NES pictures on their site, how annoying.

Andy Kaufman Lives!

Psych!!! So there have been a lot of rumors going around the web that Andy Kaufman is still alive. There's even a blog announcing his return, supposedly written by Mr. Kaufman himself, and a phony news article floating around Yahoo! News about it. Snopes.com has all of the urban legend information on this one for ya'. Reading all this crappola about Kaufman, one of my childhood heroes, reminded me of the documentary Running Fence (1978) that I saw while attending the Savannah College of Art & Design on the conceptual artist Christo in which Mr. Kaufman makes a cameo appearance. Or at least, I think he does. It was one of those things where I was the only person watching the documentary who noticed Kaufman's presence. I have never been able to verify this, but now the documentary, along with four others about Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude produced and directed by the Maysles brothers, is available on the DVD:



5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude - A Maysles Films Production. So I can finally go back and see if it really was Kaufman. Hopefully this will dispel some of the rumors about his reemergence after 20 years. If not, at least it might help sell some DVDs about a very interesting artist produced by two amazing documentarians. I'm not sure if the DVD is Limited Ed., but you better get 'em while they are hot.

NSFW!

Limited Ed. does not like having Not Safe For Work stuff on his blog, but Mandi and Mac recently discovered Limited Ed.'s proclivity for perfectly proportioned posteriors, and they wanted Limited Ed. to find some Limited Ed. ass stuff. Limited Ed. will stop referring to himself in the third person now. Alright, Mac, Mandi, there is no such thing as Limited Ed. ass stuff. Everyone has an ass, therefore, it can not be limited. Not to mention, the whole 'sharing your fetish' thing is getting a little freaky, not to mention creepy. Keep your sexuality to yourselves, people. I am embarrassed to have even broached this subject. Trying to sort through all of the pocket asses, ass lube, and various other crap is really not my cup o' tea. I would rather just look at some beautiful butts and that would be that, no one's the wiser, and Bob's your uncle.

Super Cool

So Medicom has put out a set of 25 Limited Ed. U.N.K.L.E. Pointmen figures:



And they all look so dope! I can only imagine the astronomical price for these bad boys. Julian at Why Workshop can probably help you out with pricing when you "e-mail if you interesting." I also like the Limited Ed. Milk Magazine version of the Brothersjoker Bowl figure that is limited to only 50 in the world that Why Workshop has on their website. Definitely out of my price range.