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You kids don't know how easy you have it
I just got an email from my mother. It’s supposed to be a funny, technology-based update to the “I used to have to walk to school uphill in the snow both ways” speech that our grandparents gave our parents. Unfortunately, the email is already dated, with references to Napster and the original Sony PlayStation. So, [...]
Weezer knows how to stay current
Embedding for the video is disabled, but here is the link to the new “Pork and Beans” video from Weezer. I fucking love this video. Count the internet sensations!
Things you're least likely to hear on the set of a movie
“Keanu, maybe scale it back a bit. A little less energy.” “Strong enunciation on that last take, Sly.” “Anyone have Kevin Bacon’s cell number?” “Someone call Michael Bay. See how he would direct this love scene.” “I think Gheorge Muresan will make a great hobbit.” “Someone get Mel another copy of Schindler’s List for his [...]
One for every fridge in America
Ah, shit
If someone were to take a powerful laxative in conjunction with a powerful constipatory agent¹, would the two cancel each other out, or would said experimenter feel the overwhelming (and insatiable) urge to shit bricks? So many movies (Dumb & Dumber and Van Wilder come to mind) have played the “look what happens when you [...]
ESPN on your coffee table
In an effort to follow-up on the disaster that was the ESPN MVP phone, ESPN has decided to release the ultimate remote control. What are they calling it? ESPN The Ultimate Remote. Catchy. From the press release: ESPN The Ultimate Remote manages home theater components, set top boxes and IP equipment with intuitive “location-free” setup [...]
1 + 1 = 3
Wii. Tons of fun. Easy to pick up and learn. Social. Beerpong. Ditto. Wii + Beerpong? Winner. Featuring two distinct competitive games, Frat Party Games™ – Beer Pong will offer a traditional tournament-style game of Beer Pong for one to four players and Speed Pong, during which two to three players compete at the same [...]
But what are the hitters thinking?
Jon Lester just wrapped up the first no hitter of his career, and the 13th at Fenway Park. (Ellsbury’s no-hitter-saving play can be found here.) It’s a pretty fantastic achievement, but the question I found myself asking as I watched the top of the 9th is not what was going through Jon’s head, but what [...]
Yipes
Apparently, Jason Giambi has a trick for getting himself out of hitting slumps, and (surprise!) it’s not more PEDs and HGH! The slugger-turned-average-hitter admitted (for no good reason) that when he’s having trouble at the plate, he busts out a golden thong. He claims it always works, and has even lent the magical banana hammock [...]
Jack Donaghy loses half his job
Citing the slump in the housing market and the general economic concerns in the U.S., GE announced today that it plans to sell or spin-off its appliances business. A representative from the company stated, “We correlated our upward revenue stream dynamics and found that there simply were not enough synergies to fully support continued product [...]