I have meetings from 9:30 until 1 or possibly 2 tomorrow.

How did this happen?

So, he's actually from Krypton? My GODS, he really is the world's biggest celebrity!

I love this:

Then Earth exploded, but Obama/Soetoro flew around the planet and reversed time because Jesus motherfucking Christ this is the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard in my fucking life.

Over at DailyKos, we find out that Cokie Roberts thinks that Hawaii is too exotic a place for Obama and his family to vacation in.

"[His trip] does not make any sense whatsoever. I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii and I know Hawaii is a state, but it has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign, exotic place. He should be in Myrtle Beach, and, you know, if he's going to take a vacation at this time."

Let's review. Obama grew up in Hawaii, as we have been reminded countless times. His grandmother lives there. He's going on vacation and visiting his grandmother. In the process, he's visiting his 48th state of this campaign season, and rumors abound he's going to try to visit all 50, the first candidate to try to do so since Nixon.

According to Cokie Roberts, though, it conjures images of the foreign and exotic. Hell, he's pretty damn presumptuous. Hawaii!! Why doesn't he vacation in some God-fearing, non-foreign place? We have beaches near Washington! And grandmothers!

In the comments people are saying he should go on the Daily Show, and Jon Stewart should introduce him that way.

Also, bonus points if he actually wears the outfit.

Cokie Roberts

I guess she's been snorting her name again.

Huh. Coworker just told me the Olympic opening ceremony fireworks were CGI. Dude.

Uhm. Doesn't Obama have family in Hawaii?

Coworker just told me the Olympic opening ceremony fireworks were CGI. Dude.

Yep. Partially, anyway.

Crazy.

Doesn't Obama have family in Hawaii?

Nothing says unamerican like visiting your grandmother.

He needs to vacation someplace with real down home values that celebrates the hardworking people who have made this country great, he needs to vacation in swing state located Branson.

The uncanny valley just got uncannier. Or vallier. [link]

Take a trip with us down into uncanny valley, where animated human faces look almost real. Studio Pendulum's AlterEgo division pasted tiny sensors on actors’ faces and ran that data through their latest facial performance software, and this is the result. They’ve certainly come a long way since Disney-owned ImageMovers created Polar Express.

This is the closest yet to the real thing, but it’s still not exact enough to get beyond the creepy zone. Our familiarity with the human face is just too precise for animated artistry to be completely convincing thus far. Can’t wait to see what the next generation of animation will bring. Two or three more revs and on-screen human actors will be rendered obsolete.

The woman's skin looks too... plastic? She's the least realistic, IMO.

The human brain has a large chunk devoted to reading the faces of other humans, so it's no wonder that animating a realistic human face is so difficult.