This has got to be one of the most (if not THE most) bizarre video clips I’ve ever seen, not to mention the first recorded instance of anyone “Ghost-riding” his or her respective “whip.”

ghost-ride /goʊst‧raɪd/ – verb, -rode; -rid‧den; -rid‧ing
1. To dance next to or on top of your hood while the car is still moving, ideally with many friends and with hip-hop music.

Most people believe ghostriding to have originated in Oakland, CA at sydeshows and through the music of E-40, Mac Dre and other Bay Area rappers, but here is proof that Werner Herzog and German midgets invented ghostriding. This clip, from Herzog’s 1970 film, Even Dwarfs Started Small, is aptly set to Mister F.A.B.’s Bay Area Classic, “Ghostride It.”

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I had to buy paint a couple of days ago.

Is it just me (I saw a lot of Cheech and Chong movies as a kid) or do all of these paint colors sound like drugs?

[these are actual Benjamin Moore paint colors]:

Red Rock • Pink Fairy • Powder Pink • Warm Comfort • Pink Harmony • Cancun Sand • Mellow Yellow • Moonlight • Yellow Flash • Fresh Cut Grass • Aspen White • Stem Green • Lucky Charm Green • Paradise Green • Bud Green • Leisure Green • Amazon Moss • Hazy Blue • Egyptian Green • Crystal Clear • Bahama Green • Waterfall • Yukon Green • Fairy Tale Blue • Serenity • Icy Moon Drops • Turquoise Powder • Blue Angel • Caribbean Mist • Costa Rican Blue • Utah Sky • Windmill Wings • White Heaven • Polar White • Whisper Violet • Purple Lotus • Bunny Nose Pink • Crushed Velvet • Aztec Lily • Baby Dreams • Brown Horse • American White • Appalachian Brown • Smoke Gray • White Diamond • Black Tar • Lily White • Moonlight White • Cloud Nine • Spring Dust • Aztec Yellow • Sugar Cookie • Durango Dust

[If any of these, besides Black Tar, are indeed drug names, please let us know in the comments section below]

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Corporate jargon; although being an absolutely meaningless vernacular, can make you feel productive and even somewhat important. If you haven’t already, try throwing out a few of the following key phrases during your next corporate meeting. You might be surprised at how savvy your colleagues think you are.

• Give me the download on the new brand strategy when you have a minute.
• We should net-down on a proof-of-concept before moving forward with production.
• Let’s take this discussion offline and talk about resource-allocation.
• Do you have the bandwidth to review this copy deck by end-of-day tomorrow?
• I think grouping the content into three buckets would make the most sense.
• You’ll get your list of deliverables during the kick-off on monday morning.
• Grab James and we’ll have a pow-wow about these new wireframe schematics.
• Go ahead and table that idea for now and we’ll revisit it later.
• Did you get that sandbox set up for back-end development of the new microsite?
• I’ll be out-of-pocket all next week, so we’ll have to reschedule our white-boarding session.
• If we drill down a little deeper, we might be able to uncover the core values.
• We’re getting some push-back from the client on this marketing budget.
• Let’s get together for some blue-sky thinking around this viral campaign.

If you find that you are experiencing difficulty committing these and other corporate terms and phrases to memory, don’t fret. They are available in a handy flashcard format for quick and easy reference.

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[words collected by Timbotron and AMP]:
Tennis Mom • Multislacking • Vibrazor • Bluetool • Starbucks Socialist • Blogorrhea • LQTM • Hiltonfreude • Tentacleware • Nontourage • Googlewhacking • Less Cowbell • Internuts • Post-Death Syndrome • Hasselhoffing • Wii Elbow • Email Bankruptcy • Panty Crickets • Uncle Google • Olsening • ElOhEl!1! • Starbuccaneer • Draganized • Oprahculture • Thousandaire • Thirtynothing • Blogvenge • Ruburbs • Continuous Partial Attention • ETN • Nintendonitis

[If you know of any good terms, please give us the word(s) and a link in the comments section below; nothing too raunchy, please.]

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This is one of those words you almost can’t help but form by mistake. It sort slips out the side of your mouth when discussing Paris, Linsey, Britney, etc…

Celebutard. (ce•le•bu•tard) noun.

1. “A famous stupid person. Typically refers to the current crop of vapid celebrities.”

Sentence: “Celebutard Paris Hilton got the name of her own videogame wrong.”

See also celebuskank. Courtesy of Urbandictionary.

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I learn things from Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show all the time. Like the phrase of the day: bingo wings

Thankfully, there are no pictures.

My blog cherry has been popped.

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