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What medical researchers, and the CDC, are saying about Coronavirus, and what you need to know

What medical researchers, and the CDC, are saying about Coronavirus, and what you need to know

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I’m not a doctor. I will never claim to have any medical expertise. However. I do know where to look for medical expertise. And I know how to track down medical journals. And I trust the observations of those trained to understand the human body and its responses. From the Center for Disease Control The CDC continues to monitor the… Read more →

Happy Leap Day: A quick explainer why they exist

At 11:59:59PM on December 31st 2019 when the clock flips over to January 1 at 12:00:00AM, it wasn’t actually a new year. At that point the Earth had only made it 99.931% of the way around the sun – not 100%. That is why we have Leap Days. Well, sort of. Back when Julius Caesar was around, he decided that… Read more →

Some Christmas cheer from… Kool-Aid & Lil Jon?! And Kevin McCallister?!

So, obviously, this isn’t weather-related. But two things happened that needed to be addressed here.

The first is an ad for Kool-Aid that was so ridiculously catchy – and seemingly random – that I had to share it.

You can’t say that beat isn’t catchy. Also, all I really want for Christmas is – literally – everything on my list. Or, you know, I wouldn’t have made the list.

I digress.

If you were apart of the Pop Culture world between 1998 and 2012, Lil Jon was probably apart of your casual conversational references. He became popular of screaming in the background of beats he made for popular rappers. Comedian Dave Chappelle then made a skit poking fun at Lil Jon about it, while exploring his day-to-day lifestyle hollering one-word phrases at people.

Things like “WHAT?” “YEAAHH!” and OOOKAYYY!!” were often hollered by regular people, mimicking Mr. Jon.

He then made the beat “Yeah!” for Usher, solidifying his one-word hollering in Pop Culture lore.

In hindsight, this marriage between The Kool-Aid Man, who once screamed “OH YEAH!” in commercials in the 90s and Lil Jon seems to be a no-brainer. Both are popular for being rowdy and hollering at people.

And both are awesome at a party.

Meanwhile, Macauley Culkin also made an ad. For Google?

For kids of the 80s and 90s, Home Alone was the ultimate Christmas movie. Kid, left alone, to defend his castle, bea… You know, if you don’t know about Home Alone, I’m not going to spoil it. Go watch the movie, it’s great.

Anyway, the ad tugs at nostalgia while highlighting all of the things that Google can do for Kevin now.

It still feels weird to see Mcauley as an adult, though.

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