@Kofi: Reggie Watts says it best:

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It's funny how a fake British accent makes your bullshit sound somewhat important!

Go Reggie go!

Touché on all counts. >> ^Fletch:

>> ^messenger:
Why is this on the TED stage? I saw neither an idea nor anything worth spreading. Mixing beats on the fly is nothing new. The guy's got talent, but again, why is this on TED? I don't think this would even be siftworthy if he weren't standing in front of those big red letters.

The "E" in TED stands for "Entertainment". They often have musicians and other performers. Even the intellectual glitterati can appreciate humor and music once in a while. As far as this particular video not being siftworthy... I liked it. I watched it a couple times. I think he's bloody brilliant, and his videos seem to do well here, but I can also see why he might not be everyone's cup of tea.

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Why is this on the TED stage? I saw neither an idea nor anything worth spreading. Mixing beats on the fly is nothing new. The guy's got talent, but again, why is this on TED? I don't think this would even be siftworthy if he weren't standing in front of those big red letters.


The problem you seem to have with the entire TED thing is that it does not imply a certain "minimum standard". If you think about that concept for a while you will probably start to recognize how damaging that concept can be to "ideas worth spreading".

TED is a show- do not take it for its name or "status" but enjoy the stuff that you find interesting on it. It is an industrial and political plaything- you should be aware of it. There's just as many clever people all around you. But this is the internet. That doesn't diminish the stuff you can draw from it while it lasts.

That being said I understand your sentiment ;-)

>> ^messenger:

Why is this on the TED stage? I saw neither an idea nor anything worth spreading. Mixing beats on the fly is nothing new. The guy's got talent, but again, why is this on TED? I don't think this would even be siftworthy if he weren't standing in front of those big red letters.


The "E" in TED stands for "Entertainment". They often have musicians and other performers. Even the intellectual glitterati can appreciate humor and music once in a while. As far as this particular video not being siftworthy... I liked it. I watched it a couple times. I think he's bloody brilliant, and his videos seem to do well here, but I can also see why he might not be everyone's cup of tea.

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Thanks

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*promote

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>> ^Deano:

Ebert sounds like he's missing his sense of humour.


Yeah he's fine with Bruckheimer's relentless jingoistic slaughter but bullying a 15 year old.. that's going too far.

(We, the undersigned, put forth his name)

Whereas Reggie Leach was born and played
Minor hockey back in my home town
The Rifle fired his first five hundred here
Slapped his way into the NHL

(We, the undersigned, put forth his name)

Whereas some of us weren't always fair
To the Native kid on borrowed skates
Chippy Goolies and Ukrainians
In the corners with our elbows up

(We, the undersigned, put forth his name)

Whereas Reggie on a playoff run
Could make a dad go buy that new TV
Put his youngest by the window; place
The split antenna in her tiny hands

(We, the undersigned, put forth his name)

Whereas photos from the old Tribune
Of Reggie smiling with the Stanley Cup
Curled their corners, dropped off bedroom walls
Left a square of where they used to be

(We, the undersigned, put forth his name
To the Hockey Hall of Fame
We, the undersigned, put forth his name
To the Hockey Hall of Fame - therefore,
We, the undersigned, put forth his name
To the Hockey Hall of Fame)

>> ^evilspongebob:as reggie watts says "why shit so crazy?"


Because crazy = delicious

holy extraovercomplicatedness batman!

1 egg
1 cup self raising flour
1 cup milk - (just add a little more if you want them thinner)
turn em when they bubble, butter em as you stack em, sweeten em as you eat em.
my 6 year makes them for us on the weekend.

as reggie watts says "why shit so crazy?"

i hope i'm not disrespecting americans knowledge of all things pancake. after all they did come up with the microwaveable jimmy dean pancake and sausage on a stick. sausage wrapped in pancake. microwaveable. with choc chips. on a stick. and microwaveable.

>> ^shponglefan:

My tried-and-tested pancake recipe:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-2 tablespoons brown sugar (depending on desired sweetness)
1 tablespoon of maple syrup
1 3/4 cups milk (I use Vanilla-flavored soy milk)
1 egg
2 tablespoons light olive oil
1 tsp each of nutmeg and cinnamon
Mix dry and wet ingredients seperately, then whisk together until lump-free, let stand until thickened, and then cook on medium heat. After about 30 seconds in the pan I add some sort of fruit combination into the pancake including blueberry, raspberry, pineapple, strawberry, apple, etc. I then cover the fruit with some more batter. Blueberry & pineapple is an especially delicious combo. Cook until golden on each side, then top with maple syrup or whipped cream (or both).

*promote the mofockin' awesome!

Reggie Watts = Genius

>> ^rottenseed:

that guy stopped giving a fuck a long time ago and never looked back...

He doesn't give a fuck, he's totally bizarre, and any kids he may have are going to be utterly embarrassed anytime someone digs up some old video of their dad like this one...


...and that is why I tend to think he kicks ass! Reminds me to do my own thing, be happy doing it, and to completely ignore anyone that would tell me otherwise.