The year was 1984 (oooh, how ominous!).  The place was Spokane, Washington (oooh, how ominous again!).  The man was Charlie Schmidt, the cat was Fatso, and the keyboard was Yamaha (the keyboard may or may not have actually been Yamaha).  Charlie’s boredom got the better of him, and an unwitting internet meme was born.  It was 23 years before Fatso met the Internet, long after he had already passed on to the great litter box in the sky, but in 2007, his soul-wrenching performance took the world by storm. Read the full story

Yesterday morning when I woke up I noticed an email from gofobo inviting me to an advance screening of the upcoming comedy Dinner for Schmucks. Both Lindsey and I have been looking forward to this movie from the exceptionally funny trailers, so it was a pleasant surprise, especially considering that most of the invitations I receive from gofobo are for movies I have absolutely no interest in.

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