One Fish, Two Souls, Three Years, Dead Fish

A big thank you to everybody who sent their condolences to me yesterday and to those of you who attended the live memorial service online (in spite of the technical hiccups).

For those of you that weren't able to attend, here is my tribute song to Otter the Fish in its full glory:


God speed, fishy!

Requiem for a Fishy

There will be a live memorial service for Otter the Fish this evening at 9 PM Pacific / 12 midnight Eastern featuring streaming video and a new song I composed today in his memory called: "One Fish, Two Souls, Three Years, Dead Fish."

You can view it live tonight right here on mandelweb.com:

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Or on my streaming channel at http://justin.tv/mandelweb.

Sink-o de Mayo :-(

My fish, Otter...is dead.

He was swimming along fine last night when I went to bed, but when I went over to feed him before I left for work, he was just laying there, still...flat...nudged him, but there was no response. Boo. :-(

Fare thee well, Otter...it was a great three years together...

Mandelweb Comes Alive??

Thanks to NuNick...I've stumbled upon something that may result in a new feature on Mandelweb...stay turned...mwahahahahaha....

Behind the whiil

I gots Mario Kart Wii this morning!


Picked it up this morning at Toys R Us along with three extra Wii Wheels. And despite all that's been said about the wheel by some critics, I don't mind it at all. Every now and then, my instinct is to hit buttons on the Wii Remote to steer myself, but I've gotten used to the new mechanism.

The game is pretty much the same with some new wrinkles...Bullet Bill, yay! Squid ink, boo! My friend Adam joined me in the Mario Kart purchasing this morning and we gave it an initial test drive. The best part is the online mode. I haven't done much online gaming as some of the hardcore gamers, but there's something inherently cool about the fact that you can throw Koopa shells at somebody in Sweden or Germany!

Giving the game a major test drive later tonight...more pics and maybe some video to come!

I Honestly Love These...

Ok...so the past few weeks have had yielded some new reality favorites for me...

First, there's VH1's "I Know My Kid's a Star." Stage moms + kids of varying degrees of talent (or lack thereof) + Danny Bondauce = gold. My favorite mom on the show, Rocky, may be gone, but Gigi and Alai are filling that void quite well. How about a new version of "Gypsy" starring Rocky and her daughter? Riiight?

Then, there's "Viva Hollywood," which searches for the next great telenovela star. Between the "muerte" card ceremony, Maria Conchita Alonso drinking it up at the elimination ceremony, the "death scene" eliminations, and the promised cameo of Charo, the show is a lock for a season pass on the DVR. And how dare the cast put up Geovannie for elimination. BASTA!

However...neither of these brings me the joy that MTV's "Rock the Cradle" has. What is it about this show that's got me hooked? Is it the cute host, Ryan Devlin? Kinda, but not really...Is it the classic battle between glam metal and yacht rock progeny Jesse Blaze Sinder and Crosby Loggins? Maybe...I favor Crosby myself...But, it's really all about Olivia Newton John's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi...Behold...

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Entertainment News

Oh, Peter Allen, had you only lived to hear this...

Chick-Fil-Lame

Grabbed some breakfast from McDonald's on the way to work Friday and encountered this:


It looks like Ronald McDonald's is trying to get up in Chick-Fil-A's business. Hmm...I dunno...It might be time to break out a taste test video blog soon!

Webpage weirdness...

Blogger's been wonky the past few days with my FTP settings. I was finally able to upload the blog that I intended to post Tuesday. More updates soon!

When Florida Meets L.A. 2008 (Day 3)

For Day 3 of the 2008 version of "When Florida Meets L.A.," I took the day off from work and took Albie and Joe to Disneyland and California Adventure.


Since it was a weekday and spring break is pretty much over, the crowds were pretty light with wait times hovering around the 10 to 15 minute range all day.

It only took us a 1/2 hour to get into the Nemo ride! There were a few things I learned while I was at Disneyland and California Adventure today.

Even though I took the day off work, I really can't escape reality...


Live zoetropes are really cool and I want one in my living room..


And now matter how many times I've been on it, I'll just never get a score in the six-figure range on the Buzz Lightyear attraction. Boo!

And Indiana Jones broke down while we were waiting in line for it. Double-boo!

Nevertheless, it was a very fun day for all of us. I added several more pics from today in the updated "When Florida Meets L.A. 2008" album.

Lastly...for some sick reason, we've all be obsessed about this set of sketches we saw on SNL this past weekend...


SCARY CHOCOLATE!!! AHHHH!

Tomorrow...shopping, a home-cooked meal, and karaoke, OH MY!