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2007-03-26T01:44:00.000-04:00

"It's getting hot in here" Scranton Style
(from Scott)

and if you haven't seen, Peyton Manning/United Way Parody/SNL

"now ill kill a snitch. im not sayin i have, im not sayin i havent. you know what i mean... watever. kids dont know shit."

Fast and Way Too Fast

2007-03-25T21:32:00.001-04:00

From Kotaku, quality commercial for one of my favorite games of all time:

More Agent Zero

2007-03-23T21:03:00.001-04:00

Longer documentary style version of the Gilbert commercial:

Random Links

2007-03-22T01:24:00.000-04:00

Ridiculously cool/random story of how O.J. Mayo decided to go to USC

When Floyd answered the phone, he heard a teenager’s voice on the other end: “Coach, this is O. J. Mayo. I’d like to come to your school.”

Mayo had not been on an official campus visit. He had not seen the new arena, the Galen Center. He did not know anything about the current roster.

Floyd did not believe it was possible to get a verbal commitment from a player he had recruited for less than one day, especially when that player was a 6-foot-5 sharpshooter with blue-chip strength, quickness and passing ability.

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From Gizmodo:
Aromahand

"I love my hand"

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Some dude's top 10 list of shoe commercials, which really I only post because I love #1
(#7 is awesome too, but blogged earlier)

The better Google

2007-03-19T22:29:00.000-04:00

Forget Google, from now on I'm going to search with Kevin.

Internet Safety Tips

2007-03-16T16:16:00.000-04:00

Prolly old, but oh well.
From Dave Ma.

Internet Safety Tips

Zero Hero

2007-03-16T15:24:00.000-04:00

Is Zero the new Twenty Three?

SACRAMENTO, Calif.–Aaron Brooks averaged more than 17 points a game for the Oregon Ducks this season, led the Pacific-10 conference in scoring and helped his team capture a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament.

But deep down, he is still a zero.

"I'm proud of that," Brooks said. "I look around college basketball this year, and I see zeroes all over the place."

He was referring not to the players themselves, but to the number on their jerseys. No. 0, which used to be assigned mainly to mascots, now has become standard issue for college stars.

Paulus Flop

2007-03-16T00:21:00.000-04:00

Impossible is Nothing

2007-03-15T02:27:00.001-04:00

The Kegulator

2007-03-07T20:22:00.000-05:00

(pic stolen from techcrunch.com)

Bullshit Polls

2007-03-07T18:19:00.000-05:00

More Proof (Like You Need Any) That College Polls Are an Absolute Joke

Maryland (24-7) swept Duke (22-9) this season. In fact, the Terps also have a higher RPI (12; Duke is 14) and are 9-6 vs. the Top 50, while Duke is just 8-9. The Blue Devils have struggled of late, going 4-6; Maryland is finishing strong, having won eight of its last 10.

Still, six AP voters ranked Duke ahead of Maryland – with two clueless fools even leaving the Terps out of the Top 25.

Baltimore Sun columnist Rick Maese decided to find out who these assclowns were.

For Computer Dorks

2007-03-04T16:31:00.000-05:00

EA Canada's Ad

The Office - SNL

2007-03-04T16:09:00.001-05:00

If for some reason you haven't seen this yet:

Lost Big Suprise

2007-03-04T15:17:00.001-05:00

(from Justin)

Bill Gramatica still sucks

2007-03-04T15:08:00.000-05:00

Via the AOL FanHouse:

Gramatica is back in the kicking game, but things still aren't going too well for him. He's now with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League, and on Friday night he went 0-for-4 on extra points. Yes, it's true that the goal posts are narrower in Arena Football, making the kicks harder, but still: These were extra points. Even with the narrower goal posts, Arena Football kickers make 90 percent of their extra points.

NBA Highlight Mixer

2007-03-04T14:39:00.000-05:00

This idea seems pretty cool, but I haven't played around with it yet.

NBA.com Highlight Mixer

The NBA invites you to mix and mash the latest highlights from your favorite NBA teams and players!

The NBA Highlight Mixer is a site which makes it easy to make your own NBA Highlight films. Your free account includes tons of free video, photos, and music. Interact with the community, collaborate, and share your best mixes with your friends.

You know the first video mix I will create will be a compilation of quality Kwame Brown videos for my other site: KwameBrownSucks.com

He still got 2s from the judges...

2007-03-04T14:35:00.000-05:00

This dude's still better than Nate Robinson dunking....

(Why do I think that Jordan, Dominique, Kobe and all would have voted this dude into the 2nd round of the dunk contest over Dwight Howard)

"When I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this"

2007-03-04T14:30:00.000-05:00

Next in line of T-Shirts that I want:

Juicy Tee

Eh

2007-02-11T23:17:00.000-05:00

yeah, this blog has kinda died. oh well.

maybe ill resurrect it later

JJ Redick rules

2007-02-05T19:52:00.000-05:00

Conan is a better tennis player than Serena Williams

2007-02-02T06:43:00.000-05:00

Ridin' Burgundy

2007-01-28T11:27:00.000-05:00

yeah i don't know why i post:

Tecmo Bo

2007-01-26T15:42:00.000-05:00

A hoodie that I really want but definitely won't be dropping $65 on:

(From Kotaku)

Mii on a Tee

2007-01-25T22:19:00.000-05:00

I seriously think I might have to get this too...i love my brown, bald, angry bout-it Mii

Mii on a Tee

Book Sharing Sites

2007-01-24T11:15:00.000-05:00

Two sites that I found interesting for sharing book recommendations:

Shelfari

Library Thing

Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Personally I wish the two could combine. The links go directly to my libraries.

Mii

2007-01-24T11:09:00.000-05:00

I totally want a sculpture of my Bout-It Mii to display in my cube:

Artist to offer 3D Sculptures of your Mii

(no this isnt my Bout-It Mii....)

Agent Zero

2007-01-19T17:49:00.000-05:00

From Kyle:

The hottest star in sports

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dec. 17, 2006-Jan. 17, 2007. Exactly one month. Over those 31 days and 32 nights, Gilbert Arenas put on shows we haven't seen in the NBA in a long time, if ever.

Sixteen games. In those 16 were two 50-plus games (54 on Phoenix, 51 on Utah), one 60-point joint, seven other games in which he dropped 30-plus, a 35 with 12 assists against the Clippers, and two walk-off games when his 3s at the buzzer sent everyone home for the night.

Colbert Reminder

2007-01-18T13:03:00.000-05:00

Reminder: tonight, Colbert on O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly on Colbert Report
8:00 (i think?) and 11:30
should be entertaining

iProduct

2007-01-16T15:04:00.000-05:00

saw this on reddit.com, dunno if it was on digg

Apple iProduct

Apple iProduct. You'll buy it. And you'll like it

iPhone

2007-01-14T11:09:00.000-05:00

Thats the Reason I'm a Bullets Fan!!!!

2007-01-11T13:39:00.000-05:00

Thank you Deadspin and wizznutzz!!

"you the man, you the man"

How to be a Notre Dame Fan

2007-01-08T20:52:00.001-05:00

Public Toilet

2007-01-08T20:40:00.000-05:00

Toilet in Houston - Could you use it?

oh and according to snopes.com, it's real

Art Monk for HOF video

2007-01-05T10:58:00.000-05:00

Seriously....how the hell is Art Monk not in the HOF.

Here is a 20 minute Art Monk for Hall of Fame tribute video...

If you have the time and you're a skins/monk fan, you'l definitely enjoy it.

Beauty and the Geek 3

2007-01-05T10:46:00.000-05:00

Since I have like 5 people that view my blog, and wigdor has like 7 that read his, and maybe 3 overlap, that leaves 2 people from my blog who do not read wigdors........

so with that intro, to the 2 who don't read wigdor's blog, i'd like to point out that he is now writing recaps for beauty and the geek 3 on tvgasm.com, which you all should read because its pretty funny..

oh, and you should watch the show because Niels is a fellow blair magnet graduate (a year younger than me, a 99'er)

hibachi

Gilbert Arenas Facts

2007-01-05T10:34:00.000-05:00

Everything you needed to know about Gilbert Arenas:

The four branches of American government:
-legislative
-executive
-judicial
-Gilbert Arenas

It takes Gilbert Arenas 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.

Gilbert Arenas doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

When Gilbert gets into a rhythm he doesn't get hot.
Hot gets Gilbert Arenas.

Why did Gilbert go for the three when it was tied against the Bucks? Because he couldn't go for five.

Everyone should read the DC Sports Bog - which is essentially a Gilbert Arenas Lovefest now...

Random Articles

2007-01-04T14:27:00.000-05:00

Some random articles:

Amazon's secret price guarantee!
But suppose you finally get one of these reclusive customer-service reps on the horn and become so flustered that you forget what it is you wanted to say? If the retailer is Amazon.com—customer-service number: 1-800-201-7575; to get a human right away, dial extension 7—ask him about that 30-day price guarantee.

2006 Redskins:
If for some reason you've missed out on this 3 part series, be sure to read these 3 articles which detail why and how the skins sucked ass this year. One part focuses on Gibbs, another Saunders, and another Williams.

Problems at the Core
A year that began with high hopes has come to a bitter end for the Redskins, with many believing that so many changes in personnel resulted in . . .

Of Two Minds On Offense
Saunders Was Hired to Run the Show, but His Philosophy Isn't as Complementary as Gibbs Might Have Believed

Coordinator Assumes Old Defensive Crouch
Some Blame Arrogance for Redskins' Struggles. For Williams, It's a Familiar Battle of Perception.

Wizards - Gilbert - Dagger:

Gilbert Arenas Has Phenomenal Swag

"My Swag Was Phenomenal"

DAGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-01-03T22:31:00.000-05:00

My MD Message board:

oh yeah, Notre Dame sucks.

AI / Jim Mora

2006-12-23T01:10:00.000-05:00

A conversation between Allen Iverson and Jim Mora
(if this is old....i've been in Costa Rica for 10 days - gimme a break)

My Costa Rica Trip

2006-12-22T09:53:00.000-05:00

Since inevitably everyone asks "how was your trip? what'd you do?" i figured I would make one personal post to my blog and detail what I did on my trip - a short condensed version.

We arrived in San Jose at around 9pm local time and headed straight towards Hostel Pangea, where we got a few drinks in their great open air restaurant/bar with views of San Jose, before heading to bed. We woke up around 5:45am to catch a 6:30am local bus to Santa Elana/Monteverde. The bus took ~ 5 hours.

After quick eating, we got picked up at 12:30 by Selvatura for our Canopy Tour. The Canopy tour was 15 cables and 18 platforms throughout the cloud forest and was awesome. In Monteverde we stayed at Arco Iris Lodge which I would highly recommend.

The next morning we took a Jeep-Boat-Taxi trip to La Fortuna/Arenal home of the Arenal Volcano. We checked in at the Arenal Backpackers Resort then immediately got picked up for our ATV tour of the Arenal area. Our 2:30 tour ended up being just me, Jo and our guide. We drove around for around 4 hours and got to see lots of La Fortuna, including its big waterfall (and of course the volcano). We stopped at a local swimming spot which had a big rope swing.

After our ATV tour we rested for a few hours at the Tabacon Hot Springs. Tabacon is the bigger, more touristy, incredibly expensive hot springs in the La Fortuna/Arenal area. It was incredibly nice.

On Friday the 15th we got picked up at 7:30am for our Canyoning trip - which is rappelling down waterfalls. We did 5 rappells down one rock wall and 4 waterfalls - it was amazing.

After Canyoning and dinner, we hit up Eco Termales hot springs - which is the least toursity and in our opinion, the nicest hot springs that we went to. Eco Termales is actually located across the street from Tabacon (edit: make that Baldi Hot Springs, the third hot springs in the area), but has no sign and you travel 5 minutes down a dark road to get there. We actually had to make a reservation for Eco Termales because they only allow 100 people in per four hour time slot - they try to keep it pretty private. Again, this place was amazing. It was quiet and cheap (beers $1.50 as opposed to $5 at Tabacon) - everything worked on the honor system there too....great place.

Saturday we took a private bus back to San Jose, then caught a small Nature Air plane to Palmar Sur, where we took a 3 hour boat ride to Drake Bay- a remote part of Costa Rica on the Osa Penninsula. The boat ride should have been around 1-1.5 hours, but there were 2 boats, and the 2nd one apparently had its gas stolen, so it ran out mid trip. It had to keep getting gas from random boats it came across on our trip. We arrived at Drake Bay a around 6:30pm, where we made a beach landing and they pointed at some lights and told us it was our Hotel - Jinetes De Osa.

We spent 4 nights in Drake Bay/Jinetes de Osa and it was our favorite part of the trip - from the people we met, the great meals and the beautiful scenery.

I'm getting lazy and don't wanna type more, so I'll explain more about Drake Bay later, but the few things we did:

we took took a 1.5 hour boat ride, then hiked through the Corcovado National Park for around 4 hours - seeing monkeys, tucans, crocodiles, lizards etc etc.
took a 45 min boat ride to Cano Island, where I did a 2 tank dive, and Jo took a Discovery Scuba/Resort course.
took a night bug tour of Drake Bay
and on our final day we just relaxed.

We spent one final day/night in San Jose at Hotel Presidente, a really nice hotel in downtown San Jose.

and the next morning we headed back to DC - and there's my trip.

Of course I took a lot of pictures, which at least 3 people said they expected to be up already, but there are so many pics that I need to go through them before I post them on Flickr. Expect them up by Tuesday though.

That is all.

Costa Rica

2006-12-11T23:42:00.001-05:00

I'm on vacation in Costa Rica til 12/21, doing

- this
- and this
- and this
- and this
- and this
- and this

See you all next next Friday.

Apocalyto Recut

2006-12-11T23:40:00.000-05:00

Testudo in Mascot Challenge Finals

2006-12-11T10:21:00.000-05:00

v some stupid Couger. Vote for Testudo.

The Perfect Xmas Gift

2006-12-07T14:44:00.000-05:00

Black Man Bottle Opener !

from BuckyHoo:
Even more quality "Black xxxx" gifts from Amazon

2006 Mascot Challenge

2006-12-05T19:57:00.000-05:00

Vote for Testudo - in the semi finals.

Wii Lovefest: Best Week Ever

2006-12-04T21:32:00.000-05:00

Vista Speech Recognition

2006-12-04T11:57:00.000-05:00

No idea if this was on digg:

(from Thu)

Crispy

2006-11-30T17:32:00.000-05:00

From Scott:

McDonalds Drive Thru Freestyle

Wii Have A Problem

2006-11-30T13:55:00.000-05:00

www.wiihaveaproble.com

a blog of wii accidents

Evolution

2006-11-30T11:43:00.000-05:00

Kansas Outlaws Practice of Evolution:

TOPEKA, KS—In response to a Nov. 7 referendum, Kansas lawmakers passed emergency legislation outlawing evolution, the highly controversial process responsible for the development and diversity of species and the continued survival of all life.

"From now on, the streets, forests, plains, and rivers of Kansas will be safe from the godless practice of evolution, and species will be able to procreate without deviating from God's intended design," said Bob Bethell, a member of the state House of Representatives. "This is about protecting the integrity of all creation."

Texans

2006-11-30T11:42:00.000-05:00

Skins

2006-11-30T11:29:00.000-05:00

What you all miss if you don't go to the games:

The Defense loves "Walk it out"

(From the AOL FanHouse)

DJ Unk's song video "Walk it Out" has become a part of this Redskins team. Whenever the song (or a few other songs of it's nature) begins blaring during a stoppage of time there's a good chance you'll see the defense begin to dance. A while back I posted the YouTube video showing Carlos Rogers, Sean Taylor, and Marcus Washington getting loose during a television timeout. Now it looks as if the trend is spreading throughout the defensive unit, clearly their resurgent defensive performance was a result of Unk's beats and not Gregg's schemes. Via two of my favorite local bloggers (Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog and Chris Mottram of Saved By the Blog) comes this week's video of the festivities. You may be able to tell that this time the crowd was immediately responsive (I walked it out from the seated position).

Multiculturalism is EVIL

2006-11-30T10:34:00.000-05:00

That Uppity Democratic Muslim!

First we had Glenn Beck, now it's Dennis Prager. Rep. Ellison wants to take his oath of office with his hand on the Koran. Now all hell has broken loose among the wingnuts.

Multiculturalism is coming! Multiculturalism is coming!

The Original Article:
America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on
(Be sure to read the comments at the bottom of the article)

Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.

He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.

First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book. ...

But these naive people do not appreciate that America will not change the attitude of a single American-hating Muslim by allowing Ellison to substitute the Koran for the Bible. In fact, the opposite is more likely: Ellison's doing so will embolden Islamic extremists and make new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the first sign of the realization of their greatest goal -- the Islamicization of America.

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Back to the original article:

This is just the beginning.

I don't know if you saw "Hardball" today, but Ed Rogers insinuated that Barack Obama is Muslim, through the use of his middle name, which is Hussein. However, when Rogers threw it out he said it like it were profane. C&L has the video. There is going to be racist swiftboating of Barack Obama like we've never seen if he decides to run in '08, but the religious bigotry now on parade is equally heinous and anti-American. For future reference, what Republicans intend to do is blast Obama's full name across airwaves hoping that average Americans will be turned off by "Hussein," playing the religious bigotry card on top of everything else they'll throw at him.

The video:

Wii lovefest

2006-11-29T15:12:00.000-05:00

Pete (3:11:19 PM): no posts in a week?
Chris (3:11:24 PM): im not motivated

Playstation 3 v Nintendo Wii from The Onion

Attribute	PlayStation 3	Nintendo Wii
Cost	Fucking ridiculous	Reasonably ridiculous
Ability to tear apart families	Second-to-none	Pretty strong, though mostly because everyone wishes it were a PlayStation instead
The way your peers will view you	"Dude! Can I come over and play that shit?"	"I'll come over, but don't tell anybody, okay?"

The Mii Lebowski:

Time for another break from blogging

More Wii injuries

2006-11-22T11:50:00.000-05:00

Watch this happen to me, Rowe or Kyle...

Wow

2006-11-21T11:53:00.000-05:00

Stupid Americans Part 50

2006-11-21T10:31:00.000-05:00

Reading shit like this honestly makes me angry...and this is just some small random story:

Six Muslims Removed From Flight for Praying

MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 21) - Six Muslim imams were removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Monday and questioned by police for several hours before being released, a leader of the group said.

The six were among passengers who boarded Flight 300, bound for Phoenix, around 6:30 p.m., airport spokesman Pat Hogan said.

A passenger initially raised concerns about the group through a note passed to a flight attendant, according to Andrea Rader, a spokeswoman for US Airways. She said police were called after the captain and airport security workers asked the men to leave the plane and the men refused.

...

Three of them stood and said their normal evening prayers together on the plane, as 1.7 billion Muslims around the world do every day, Shahin said. He attributed any concerns by passengers or crew to ignorance about Islam.

"I never felt bad in my life like that," he said. "I never. Six imams. Six leaders in this country. Six scholars in handcuffs. It's terrible."

Fox News Stuff

2006-11-20T16:08:00.000-05:00

From Wonkette (the ipod story is also on Digg):

Irony died of exhaustion

"I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life - the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America… did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them? …I really fear for the United States because, believe me, the jihadists? They’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there."

and:

"Meanwhile, Fox News says it’s got a new show that’s just like “The Daily Show,” but making fun of liberals."

Nope....it's Soap!

2006-11-20T15:51:00.000-05:00

(Another link from Justin)

Poop Soap

Console Wars & The Ladies of eBay

2006-11-20T14:50:00.000-05:00

(From Justin)

Console Wars & The Ladies of eBay

"Just when I thought the new console launch antics couldn’t get any more ridiculous, Alexi and I noticed women of ebay posing provocatively — presumably to boost sales."

I like the first comment:
"Brings new meaning to Ho, Ho, Ho."

Wii

2006-11-20T14:15:00.000-05:00

What I'm scared of happening with my Wii:

Wiimote v Television

(original source = Something Awful)

DEA Agent

2006-11-17T21:07:00.000-05:00

i dont know how i haven't seen this video before:

"I'm the only one in the room that I know of that's professional enough to carry a Glock .40."

Paris Hilton - "A piece of shit"

2006-11-17T17:54:00.000-05:00

from The Superficial a US magazine transcript of Tina Fey on Howard Stern...

On Paris Hilton:
HS: What is Paris Hilton like?

TF: She's a piece of sh-t. The people at SNL were like maybe she'll be fun, maybe she won't take herself so seriously. She takes herself so seriously! She's unbelievably dumb and so proud of how dumb she is. She looks like a tranny up close.

HS: Was she bad on SNL, was she hard to deal with?

TF: She was awful. People never come in and say "I'm not doing that." So, this guy Jim Downey wrote a really really funny sketch, it was supposed to be Lorne Michaels just finding out that she had a sex tape and telling her she couldn't host the show because SNL has standards... So she was like "I'm not doing it!" and refused to come out of her dressing room. Also, you would walk down the hall and find what just looked like nasty wads of Barbie hair on the stairs... Her hair is like a Fraggle.

HS: Did she give you ideas for sketches?

TF: Yeah, she wanted to make fun of all the girls she hates. She was like "I want to play Jessica Simpson, I hate her." She would come in the room and say "you should do a show about Jessica Simpson because she's fat."

HS: What was the bet you guys had going about her?

TF: The cast had a bet if she would ask anyone on the cast anything about themselves, you know like how are you? where are you from? anything. I think Seth Meyers won because at one point, she asked him if Maya Rudolf was Italian.

Faux News Channel

2006-11-17T14:42:00.000-05:00

(outfoxed is a great netflix rental btw)

The Memo

Glenn Beck - Idiot

2006-11-17T11:30:00.000-05:00

Olbermann awarded Beck "Worst Person" for saying he "feel[s]" like asking first Muslim congressman to "prove to me that you are not working with our enemies"

Umm, this Ken Ellison dude...born in Detroit...American...just happens to be Muslim...didnt know that all Muslims are our enemies... (fucking idiot)

oh and americans that "think the same" are fucking idiots also

Beck characterized letter criticizing Al Qaeda as "surprising," because "the man who wrote it is a Muslim"

Stupid Americans

2006-11-16T10:34:00.000-05:00

I was greeted with this story on AOL.com this morning:
(yes i look at aol.com, i mean..i do work here...)

Anyone who watched the last 2 weeks of Studio 60 should find the town name interesting...

Town Bans Foreign Flags Flying Alone

The elected town board in the remote Mojave Desert community voted 3-2 on Tuesday to enact an ordinance making it illegal to fly a foreign nation's flag by itself.

Flying another country's flag, whether it is a British Union Jack or the flag of Mexico, is punishable by a $50 fine and 30 hours' community service, unless it is flown below an American flag.

NBA Players to Watchin in 2006-07

2006-11-15T20:28:00.000-05:00

Image blatantly stolen from The Onion - which you should be checking:

(Guess which one is my favorite)

Worst Burglar Ever

2006-11-15T11:34:00.000-05:00

This was on digg, but i never clicked on it til Drew told me to, definitely a good watch (theres no sound btw)

Ridiculous Rap Impressions

2006-11-14T23:23:00.000-05:00

(from Marcus)
Aries Spears on a radio show doing some ridiculous rap impressions.

(seriously, its pretty damn cool)

oh, if it just shows a white background, click on it and it should start playing, i think college humors embeded code might suck

Mark Brunell Sucks

2006-11-13T15:32:00.000-05:00

If you didn't listen to 980 this morning (and I can understand why you wouldn't) Czabe has started a mini brouhaha over asking this question:
(it was actually edited out of Comcasts replay later that night...I dont really understand why...well yeah I do, the Redskins & Danny Boy are powerful)

though i liked this question too:

Awesome TShirt

2006-11-13T14:38:00.000-05:00

Maryland Republicans....

2006-11-13T14:26:00.000-05:00

GOP Fliers Apparently Were Part Of Strategy
Md. Tactics Similar To Ones in 2002

On board, 300 mostly poor African Americans from Philadelphia ate doughnuts, sipped coffee and prepared to spend the day at the Maryland polls. After an early morning greeting from Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s wife, Kendel, they would fan out in white vans across Prince George's County and inner-city Baltimore, armed with thousands of fliers that appeared to be designed to trick black Democrats into voting for the two Republican candidates.

The glossy fliers bore photos of black Democratic leaders on the front. Under the headline "Democratic Sample Ballot" were boxes checked in red for Ehrlich and Senate candidate Michael S. Steele, who were not identified as Republicans. Their names were followed by a long list of local Democratic candidates.

The worst part of this story IMO:

Republican leaders have defended the Election Day episode as an accepted element of bare-knuckle politics.

I hate politics....I hate that this story will be forgotton/ignored by tomorrow

Mario in Vice City

2006-11-09T14:54:00.000-05:00

Soundscan CD sales report

2006-11-09T11:41:00.000-05:00

XXL story that I got from deadspin (well really idolatr) that lists the Soundscan sales of 10 debut albums from last week....quality:

Judgement Day: YN Presents His First Annual Coaster Countdown

10: Ron Artest My World
SoundScan: 1
One? How’d you only sell one CD especially when millions of people seen you beatdown some crackers at a basketball game.

7: Lil Romeo Greatest Hits
SoundScan: 161

1: Kevin Federline Playing With Fire
SoundScan: 6,485

(i think K-Fed debuted in 155th place on the soundscan top 200)

Colbert Calls it Quits

2006-11-08T14:09:00.000-05:00

"The people have spoken, and apparently they're tired of Freedom"

Colbert Rules:

Colbert Calls it Quits
The Colbert Report - 11/07/06: Mr Colbert gets mad over the recent election results and says good bye america.

Midterm Election

2006-11-08T14:07:00.000-05:00

Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats

WASHINGTON, DC—Republican officials are blaming tonight's GOP losses on Democrats, who they claim have engaged in a wide variety of "aggressive, premeditated, anti-Republican campaigns" over the past six-to-18 months.

(The Onion)

Time 2006 Best Inventions

2006-11-07T22:30:00.000-05:00

Time Best Inventions 2006

Really I post this just because of the Invention of the Year.... YouTube lovefest baby!

(kangaroo tv which they only mention being for Nascar is kinda cool for football games too, the dude in front of us at the Skins-Cowboys game this past weekend had it and we caught some replays over his shoulder)

Scott mentioned this interesting floating mattress to a few of us today at lunch (only $1.5 mil)

Robo-Call

2006-11-06T16:38:00.000-05:00

if true...very f'ed up
(saw this a couple places - netscape.com, dailykos etc, but no major news outlets)

The GOP's nasty dishonest robo-call barrage

What we're seeing is an apparent coordinated effort from the NRCC -- the House GOP committee -- to place calls that appear to be from the local Democratic candidate and then automatically call the same number back as many as seven or eight times each time the caller hang-ups. If the caller listens to the whole message it goes on to bash the Democratic candidate. But if the caller hangs up prematurely, the computer calls right back. Hang-ups are the achilles heal of robo-calls. So this seems to be an attempt to cover for that weakness by making those who hang up think the Democratic candidate is basically harassing them with phone calls. The GOP wins either way.

Photos from todays Post

2006-11-06T13:43:00.000-05:00

Chris: i swear, i was staring at it for like a minute bc i was wondering if my mind was dirty or something

Operation Enduring Occupation

2006-11-06T00:32:00.000-05:00

Safety

2006-11-05T10:34:00.000-05:00

It was a safety dammit:

GDub - World Threat

2006-11-03T16:12:00.000-05:00

(image and story from wonkette.com)

Wonkette Story: Any Press Is Good Press
The citizens of America’s four closest allies — Britain, Israel, Canada and Mexico — have shown their solidarity by naming Osama bin Laden as the biggest threat to world peace, with majorities choosing the Saudi millionaire.

But George W. Bush comes in a strong second in all four countries!

The Guardian Story:
Polls: Majorities in Britain, Mexico think Bush more dangerous than leaders of Iran, North Korea
LONDON: Majorities of people polled in two of America's closest allies think U.S. President George W. Bush is a bigger threat to world peace than North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pollsters said Friday.

Next Metro Train

2006-11-03T10:12:00.000-05:00

Instead of just publishing the expected schedule of trains (which has messed me up in the past) metro's website now has real time information on when the next departing train is (the page gives you the same information as the signs on the platforms)....and the best part for dorks like me with phones like the Motorola Q - is that they have a mobile version of it.

Washington Post: Web Lets Riders See Train Times From Afar

Playing with Fire

2006-11-03T09:57:00.000-05:00

(from reddit)

Notice the tags and user reviews given to the quality debut album from KFed

Sample Tags:
talentless (14)
garbage (11)
laughable (11)
hack (10)
idiot (10)

Colbert - YouTube

2006-11-02T23:25:00.000-05:00

(if you didn't see wednesday)

Colbert talks about YouTube

(strangely, its not especially funny)

Political Ads

2006-11-02T10:47:00.000-05:00

Slate.com rant on republican political ads and their lack of truth...
IMO - like 75% of political ads (from both sides) are bullshit, with quotes taken out of context, blatant lies, made up statistics (like my 75% # above) etc etc

How Republicans poisoned politics

Last week, I turned on the TV set in a hotel room in Phoenix. The first commercial I saw, for Rick Renzi, a vulnerable Republican congressman, was an effusion of pure political poison. In a voice rancid with contempt, the announcer declared:

Over 100 Democratic elected officials are opposing Democrat trial lawyer Ellen Simon. Liberal Ellen Simon served as the president of the ACLU, a radical organization that defends hard-core criminals at the man/boy love association, a national group that preys on our children. One Democratic mayor called Simon's actions "utterly disgusting." He's right. Ellen Simon: radical, liberal and wrong for Arizona.

While hearing this, the viewer sees just key terms superimposed on the Democrat's face: "LIBERAL" … "Served as the President of the ACLU" … "Radical Organization defends hard core criminals Man/Boy Love Association" … "ACLU Defends Child Molester Group" … "Preys on our children" … "utterly disgusting" … "radical, liberal."

....

Dutifully performing the fact-checking function expected of responsible newspapers, the Arizona Daily Sun analyzed the content of the ad. It could not "independently verify" that 100 elected officials had endorsed Renzi, though 55 are apparently members of a Navajo tribal council whose gambling interests Renzi has championed. Ellen Simon was not the president of the American Civil Liberties Union, but a volunteer lawyer in Cleveland who represented the group in precisely one case. That case had nothing to do with NAMBLA or child molesters. The "Democratic mayor" who called Simon "utterly disgusting" is effectively a Republican. Simon, who supports school choice and cracking down on illegal immigrants, is by no means a "radical liberal." In other words, not a single claim in the ad is actually true.

YouTube :(

2006-10-30T11:33:00.000-05:00

The beginning of the fall of YouTube....

YouTube removing Comedy Central clips
Video sharing site being purchased by Google reportedly taking down copyrighted material after notice from Viacom unit.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Oh my God, they purged Kenny!

The New York Times reported Monday that video sharing site YouTube is removing copyrighted material from cable network Comedy Central, including episodes of "South Park" (whose character Kenny is killed in every episode) as well as "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report."

Funny thing is, I now religiously watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report...all because of the clips that I kept watching on YouTube...(and bc I knew I could post stuff I found particularly funny on my YouTube lovefest blog)

..oh, and on a random note, last weeks South Park with Satan's Super Sweet Sixteen Halloween party and Biggie Smalls was hilarious

Random post of the day

2006-10-27T14:01:00.000-04:00

Gilbert Arenas Blog

2006-10-27T13:13:00.000-04:00

For some reason I find his NBA.com blog pretty interesting

Top 10 tips for sexytime

2006-10-27T00:13:00.000-04:00

(from Ernst)

Borat's Top 10 Tips for Sexytime
Jagshemash! Hello childrens! My name Borat Sagdiyev, I from Kazakhstan.

2. Use Protection: Do not make a sexytime without precaution against disease. A jar of gypsy tears worn around neck will prevent from infect by Herpes and Gonnoreas.

1. Prostitution: Check if woman have ever be a prostitute. It can obvious bring great shame to your family if she have not.

Brunell Flash Cartoon

2006-10-26T11:23:00.000-04:00

NFL Quarterback Challenge with Less Mess
Joe Gibbs & Mark Brunell

"This is the atlantic ocean, there is a lot of winds, and there's pressure from those sea gulls"

(from the DC Sports Bog)

it's never been "stay the course"

2006-10-24T17:40:00.000-04:00

"the Google"

2006-10-23T23:57:00.000-04:00

Bush says he uses “the Google.”

LateNightShots

2006-10-22T14:56:00.000-04:00

I enjoyed this post on wonkette about a "closed social network" to discuss DC's bar scene:

adams morgan, ethiopians, and boat shoes: why we hate dc

Is it possible for one brief message board exchange to explain the entire culture and mindset of the Washington Douchebag? To succinctly illustrate everything about them worth ridiculing? If so, this Late Night Shots dialogue might be the motherlode

Rollercoaster Tycoon

2006-10-20T16:16:00.000-04:00

Saw this on Kotaku and had to post...

Bowling + Rollercoaster = Fun!

Midnight Madness - Maryland

2006-10-19T17:00:00.000-04:00

From the DC Sports Bog - video of the mens team from Midnight madness...
(the loser who uploaded it disabled embedding...so you gotta follow the link)

*** actually here are two clips that arent bad. you just gotta put up with the girls shreaking..i mean, cheering

Thriller Dance:

"Look at Eric Hayes!!! Hes so cute!" - my god girls can be stupid

Part 3:

Wizards Alternate Jerseys

2006-10-18T23:49:00.000-04:00

Who do we vote for now?

2006-10-18T15:25:00.000-04:00

Tom Delay needs to find someone else to support in "Dancing with the Stars 2"

From Colin:
not sure if you saw this, but i think it would be funny to post on
your blog, since you had the thing about trent lott, or tom delay
(whoever it was) campaigning to have sara evans win dancing with the
stars.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/18/people.evans.ap/index.html

---

(really, the part of the story that i like most is that her husband ran for congreess on a family values platform)

other links:
http://www.tmz.com/2006/10/13/dancing-star-i-was-abused-by-sex-crazed-spouse/
http://www.tmz.com/2006/10/18/sara-evans-denies-having-a-cheatin-heart/

Colored Badges

2006-10-18T15:06:00.000-04:00

Heard about this on the radio, but had no idea it was Blair until I saw the article in the Post. (white badge for me).

School Colors
The last thing any high school student wants is to be singled out.

So students at Montgomery County's largest high school are in an uproar over a new policy that requires them to wear color-coded IDs -- black for seniors, white for magnet kids and a particularly loud shade of yellow for students of limited English proficiency.

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Horrible idea IMO.

Silver Chips (the school paper) sums it up nicely:
As the staff of the Silver Chips student newspaper opined in an editorial, "Self-segregation is already an issue in the student body, and the formal distribution of color-coded IDs has essentially institutionalized the phenomenon."

Stop Shuler

2006-10-18T14:11:00.000-04:00

"Every day but Sunday, I'm going to give 110%"

"When it comes to the week, every day but Sunday, I'm going to give you 110%. I'll give you all I have. And I'm going to rest on Sunday."

(Read this article from StopShuler.com and then watch the video, ~1 min or so in)