NBA player Adam Morrison inspired Morristache.com.
Joystiq pointed me to some articles about schoolyard games being banned because they could be dangerous. It is not just an isolated incident either, but a trend. Now, I am, I admit, the guy who laughs at kids on bikes wearing helmets and generally thinks we are getting ridiculous in our over-protectiveness, but certainly it isn't just me who finds this trend sad.
*or it's non-pc counterpart smear the queer
This follows a good piece on the Disciple Generation, a "fierce new face of American evangelism" that Salon did a little less than a month ago.
Stephen Baldwin. The dude can only name 6 of the 10 commandments and needless to say is a complete moron. Also check out this interview with him for some hilarious hypocrisy.
Thanks in large part to the incredible interest in the Super Mario wedding cake Brent and Annette had at their wedding, I had a few photos with over 50,000 views and one with over 250 people calling it a favorite. Who knew people would be so into that cake?
"The name Oprah gave to her production company--her business--is Harpo Productions, which is "Oprah" spelled backward. That is exactly right. Winfreyism is the expression of an immensely reassuring and inspiring message that has, without doubt, helped millions of people carry on with their lives. And it is also an empty, cynical, icily selfish outlook on life that undercuts its own positive energy at every turn. On her way to Auschwitz, sitting in her hotel room in Krakow, thinking about the masses of people who were murdered in the death camp, Oprah wrote in O, "I have never felt more human." Her empathy and moral growth seem to require human sacrifice. Yet watching Oprah does fill you with hope. It also plunges you into despair. She has become something like America itself."
The Paris Hilton and West Wing bits alone make it worthwhile to watch this segment. And you might as weell fire this one up too, Samantha Bee on preparedness.
Anti-recruiting website for today's youth combats the Army's (and other branches) despicable tactics to draft the poor into service.
He's already got the use of a home in Phoenix for 1 year, can a real house be that far off? Put this next to the Million Dollar Homepage on the list of things we are all kicking ourselves over for not doing ourselves.
Mark my words: if you can get your hands on mass quantities of this toy before Christmas you will be able to make a pretty penny. I would bet that for each Pleo you buy at $200 you will be able to make at minimum 100% profit.
Somewhat suprisingly, the Target on Broadway has more of a claim on the Targhetto moniker than the Lake street Target.
Public opinion is so fragile, it can be swayed by repeating lies over and over and over again.
Just about the only thing worth watching on Saturday Night Live lately has been the pre-recorded segments like the stuff that the Lonely Island kids are doing. NOTE: watch this video soon as You Tube is cracking down hard on copyrighted material. UPDATE: Perhaps this will be a more permanent spot to see this video (or at least higher quality)
UPDATE: I changed the link above. It seems NBC is sending out Cease and Desisits like Christmas cards. I would like to echo the sentiments of this guy:
Lazy Sunday is one of the most virulent of viral media I've seen in years. It literally was on nearly every site I frequent. I watched it at YouTube, and went back to view it on YouTube several times and gave the URL to friends. This sparked the discussion of whether SNL was finally "not sucking" anymore. Get the idea? People were talking about one of your shows, one which hasn't been, you know, funny in years.
British health psychologist, Cliff Arnall, has come up with a formula that points to today as the saddest day of the year for most people:
1/8W + (D-d)3/8 x TQ / M x NA
W - weather
D - debt
d - monthly salary
T - time since Christmas
Q - time since failure to quit a bad habit
M- low motivational levels
NA - the need to take action
I am not sure how you would quantify many of these variables, and even if you could, there are some things that would wreak havoc on the outcome (i.e. if your debt is lower than your monthly salary then you end up multiplying 3/8 and a negative number, and the fact that many people don't really care about Christmas or making new year's resolutions).
As the spokesman for the lord it may be surprising that the Pope has now said that all he proclaims is the copyright of the Catholic Church. Now they finally are going to show all those Johnny-come-lately Protestants that if they want the word of god they better pay up.
Using Google searches such as, "Germans are known for *" and the like, this map was created to show the general impressions people have of various people around the world.
While I really may want to hate Alex Tew, the British guy selling pixels for $1 each at The Million Dollar Homepage I know it is just because he will make well over a million dollars with an idea anyone could have come up with. Damn you Alex Tew!
That's quite a throwback. I wonder how Jesus looked throwing down a mad dunk?
Don't believe me? Read this Rolling Stone article
Oprah is finding an audience among young Sauid Arabians. I suspect that Oprah will do more to "win the hearts and minds" of people in the Middle East than any "liberation" could ever do.
Pretty much what it sounds like.