El Gaffney

Unnecessary Quotations

This is a nice thing to wake up to. An IOI-featured site, featuring a picture of mine from Cusco, Peru. It’s funny, I went there and still am not sure if I should roll with an ’s’ or ‘c’ in the city’s spelling. Regardless, I love the title they picked for their post.

See “The” Restaurant where I brought in this new year here.

Speaking of pictures, if you enjoy taking photos and want a chance to win some Jittery Joe’s coffee, check out Photojojo for a contest related to the theme of yesterday’s post.

Tags: ioi, travel

Inbox of Immaturity

I just realized this morning while reading about how a T-shirt “is an essential tool in determining the social rank, desirability, and value of a white person” that the IOI has never linked to, or featured (which it deserves), probably my favorite site in 2008: Stuff White People Like.

I was also reminded yesterday reading this post on Kevin Driscoll’s todo mundo, where he has an excellent making up of a term—which, is something I hold in very high regard over here. He coins: “Poll media” – not push or pull, it is using a particular medium to ask a simple question in order to engage your audience. For example: Is Lost a Repeat?. Love it.

So, anyway, back to the blog. I encourage you to take some time and work you’re way back from the beginning, like you’re currently doing with The Wire. The posts keep getting better. They started with Coffee and their most recent (84th) one is T-Shirts. Without ruining all the surprise, I wanted to give you a quick taste of what you’ll find. Here’s an excerpt from #77, Musical Comedy:

It’s a pretty good idea because when you have jokes that aren’t that great and music that isn’t that great, you can mix them together and create something that will entertain white people.

What are you waiting for? Go get your laugh on this Friday afternoon…and then get some Mos Def tickets. See you at the show!

Tags: fashion, ioi, poll

Inbox of Immaturity: I’m F*cking Ben Affleck

The IOI has come early because it looks like while I passed on some old and busted last Friday, I have in my possession the new hotness. As anticipated, here is the video response to Sarah Silverman’s hit “I’m F*cking Matt Damon.” What you could not have anticipated was the star power Jimmy and Ben could assemble for this ridiculousness. Robin Williams made me want to run home and do a Mrs. Doubtfire + Birdcage back-to-back viewing tonight. It’s time to start taking sides.

Tags: celebrities, funnyordie, ioi

Inbox of Immaturity

Valentine’s Day has passed but in case you’re alone in your room starting at the wall (sometimes), here’s a bit of week-late love…

Let’s start with an “oldy but a goody” (can guys say that phrase?) in Nick Thune’s Late Show performance.

Next let’s get some Breakfast in Bed. Props to Honey Bunches of Oats for trying something new and interesting.

Now if you’re ready like spaghetti, Rod Benson lets you in on the Boom Tho movement.

In case you missed V-Day because of a date with the parole board, this should set you free.

Plus some sites that have caught my eye these past two weeks: The FAIL Blog, Hotties Who Leave, Science Fair Experiments, and the most ridiculously named of the group, Buge Hoobs.

And finally, in case you need an “ad wizard” to “fit into your new business model”, let me present Alex Perez. Found through Chet.

Tags: comedy, ioi

Inbox of Immaturity

It’s already 2PM, so let’s get right into it…

As you may have noticed in recent IOI’s, FunnyorDie has skyrocketed become one of my top visited sites. This week I discovered an amazing idea and great executions with Drunk History Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.

Have you ever heard of 7 minutes in heaven? Well, this is 8 seconds of it. Last week Obama faced some (ridiculous) allegation, and now we focus on Mitt Romney trying to keep it real. Aki hooking it up.

Another short and sweet (?) clip from Action 7 News, thanks to Jake.

Sarah Silverman is a little bit more long-winded in her approach but the message is clear (thanks in part to Matt Damon): just like Scotty, Jimmy doesn’t know. Aki, once again.

And lastly from the office-wide email chain, a timely Super Bowl prediction from Fitzy.

Tags: celebrities, ioi, obama