Remember way back in the day, when I said there were some awesome and unlikely things that I was going to be vague about? One of them may be more awesome and less unlikely than I thought.

Details as I feel I can give 'em.

Since I'm home from work tonight, and don't plan on doing much moving with my insane sleepiness, I figured I'd live blog my reactions from John McCain's speech at the Republican National Convention tonight. Also, in the interest of fairness, I'll dead blog Barack Obama's speech this weekend.

C'mon back at 10:00 EST for the partay.

Brad Meltzer's new book, The Book Of Lies, came out today, and he'll be at the Barnes and Noble in Union Square, signing the book and just about anything else you bring him.

He's a cool guy, and a pretty awesome writer, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and recommend his book sight-unseen. You can check out the first chapter on Meltzer's website, and see the trailer he shot with Joss Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Brian K. Vaughn (Y The Last Man, Lost), Damon Lindeloff (Lost), and a bunch of other people who I didn't know on ComicBookResources.com. Read it, watch it, and then go buy it. It'll be good times.

I could tell you I've been doing something important... like attempting to solve why hot dogs come in packages of eight and hot dog buns come in packages of ten or something... but I'd be lying to you. In truth, I just lost the will to write for some reason, and so posting to this site became a bit of a chore. And once it becomes a chore instead of something fun to do, I kinda give up on writing.

I decided to take some time off; work on the site design, work on a few other sites, and basically completely lose my mind for a while which, thankfully, seemed to do the trick. So I'm back, awesome-er than ever, and ready to reclaim my title as the Ambassador of Awesome to the internet.

But you ever watch any movie where the hero (in this case being your favorite eD!) is beaten by some enemy (who I like to call "time," "energy," and "Yasmine Bleeth"), and has to take time to regroup and refocus his efforts? That hero never returns alone... no, sir. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have Casey Jones, Batman has Robin, and Superman has... I dunno, Jimmy Olsen as Turtle Boy is as good as any.

Well, my Turtle Boy is Mike St. James, The Professional Drunk, a man so dedicated to eliminating the terror that is domestic light beer that he has started blogging. (In truth, he was either going to write about alcohol or his odd fascination with nostrils; I think he made the right choice.)

Besides St. James, there's a few other things that I have cooking for the next few months, including a relaunch of The Challenge: Awesome, which I may have retooled to the point where it won't be impossible to do, a new video blog and podcast, and a few other things that are both awesome and unlikely, so I'll be especially vague about them.

So subscribe to my RSS feed, or sign up for the e-mail updates on the sidebar, and get ready to reach new heights of awesome.

It's been a while since I did a YouTube-video post, mainly 'cause I was trying to avoid being lazy. Then again, not posting in a while is also lazy, so I figure I might as well be lazy with new content than no content.

Unless you weren't born, or were Amish, you likely remember Who's Line Is It Anyway?, the improv-comedy game show hosted by Drew Carey. One of the games that they often played (and was one of my favorites) was 'Three Headed Broadway Star,' where three performers make up a song to a made-up Broadway musical, one word at a time.

Up until this morning, my favorite one was 'Wiggle' from the musical 'Worms,' but this one might very well take its place.

Called it.

Oh, and the deal with Carphone Warehouse is mentioned in the article, too. Like I mentioned last month.

Booyah!

First off, it's tough to do this when you keep finding new apps that you decide you must own. I mean, sure, they're free (at least the ones I get), so no biggie, but still.

Anyway, on to the first round of...

This week, I'll be eliminating 10 applications, so grab your scorecards and get ready to start choppin' after the break!

Read On!

Pineapple Express is swank. Go see it. Now.

I just realized I have about 75 applications installed on my iPhone... and, on a good day, I use 4. Maybe. At best.

So, starting next week, I will be eliminating a few apps a week in something I call...

I'll likely eliminate applications randomly, until I get 'em down to a manageable size. I will also be only going through my free apps, which is everything but Super Monkey Ball. I will relinquish Super Monkey Ball after I am beaten to death with a wooden cooking spoon.

After the break, the iPhone App Survivor! scorecard. Follow along at home, and bask in the super-nerdism!
Read On!

According to GamePolitics.com, you've signed a bill into law that calls for a study to determine the link between violence and video games, requires video game consoles to have mandatory parental locks by 2010 and all games sold at retail to clearly display the rating that it has been granted by the ESRB.

Or, as people who can actually read call it, "crap that has already happened." I mean, I know you're blind and all, but did you really feel the need to prove it by signing something that a quick Google search could have told you was freakin' useless, anyway?

Look, I know you and your government buddies feel the need to "protect the children." It's the freakin' mantra of the country, "think of the children." You know what I say? Protect the children from parents who feel they have no responsibility to ensure their children aren't playing games where you're running over hookers you just slept with to regain health-points so you don't have to pay 'em. Where's the bill requiring that?

Let's face it, you and your political stooges are only going to go after the games that are popular to target; the Grand Theft Autos of the world, maybe a Doom here and there. And I get it, there are people who use those games as an excuse to be idiotic in real life, so of course you gotta look like you're doing something, right?

But think for a second (something I'm not sure any politician stops to do anymore): where does it stop? A plumber claiming they stepped on a turtle because Super Mario does it? People trying to throw balls at buildings, causing vandalism, all because of Brick Breaker? Michael Vick getting off on appeal because he thought dog fighting was okay since you can sick animals on each other while playing Pokemon?

Let's face it, we're building a country that continually pushes the blame for its citizen's actions on someone else, and this law is only going to help with that. And I think you're all a bunch of tools for it.