Monthly Archives: January 2009

Earthquake squashes Damien, Jake the Snake’s snake.

Bacon explosion.¨Ü Basically woven bacon strips stuffed with sausage and more bacon.¨Ü Reminds me of this classic exchange: Homer: Are you saying you’re never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon? Lisa: No. Homer: Ham? Lisa: No. Homer: … Continue reading →

Jessica Simpson got fat.¨Ü Cousin Sal mentioned this on Dave Dameshek’s podcast today so I searched for it.¨Ü The outfit in that picture isn’t exactly flattering.¨Ü It’s been almost five years since Starsky and Hutch came out.

“Brandon Jennings Sends Home a Warning from Europe” (New York Times). Interesting article with Jennings thoughts about skipping college and jumping the pond to play a year of pro ball in Europe. ǃ?My role is to play D and take … Continue reading →

Robin “The Ram” Rourke is wrestling at Wrestlemania 25. Not just an appearance. Potentially against Chris Jericho. Awesome. (Via Deadspin)

Pinocchio Wikipedia article. Some guys in my lab section were talking about real stories compared to their Disney versions, and someone said to take a look at Pinocchio and how different it is: Once Pinocchio arrives home, The Talking Cricket, … Continue reading →

Kanye rapping, not singing, and without a vocoder: “Teriya-Kings“. Auto-tune was by far the worst thing about 2008. This verse reminds me of why I was mad about all the vocoder singing in the first place–Kanye can rap, and he … Continue reading →

Brandon Roy dunks on the Clippers. The slow motion at 0:35 is nuts. I think this is the highest he’s jumped in his life. Good week for UW basketball. I don’t understand how we’re not ranked in the coaches poll … Continue reading →

Something important I’ve forgotten: The Rockers never won the WWF Tag Team Championship. Here’s the clip where Shawn Michaels superkicks Marty Jannety in Brutus’s Barber Shop then throws him through a glass window. AKA one of the worst days of … Continue reading →

T-Mobile flash dance mob in Europe. Judging by the other videos of the event from camera phones on YouTube, it’s real. Kind of like Improv Everywhere on an even bigger scale. I have no reception in any building on campus, … Continue reading →

Photos from the inauguration from The Big Picture. The second picture and third picture are particularly nuts. It took me a few seconds to realize the scale of the third one (make sure to zoom in if your browser auto-resizes).

President Obama’s inaugural speech. And here’s the oath of office.

Bartendaz.¨Ü “We get drunk on the pull-up bar because we don’t think bud makes you wiser.” See a very strong human at 0:58.¨Ü And I’m not sure if I’ve posted this, but I’ll make sure: 24-hour ghetto workout.¨Ü See a … Continue reading →

Someone shares their thoughts on the Heinz Field sound crew, which chose to play music while Willis McGahee was lying motionless on the field. I can’t say I watch enough football to know what the norm is for stadium music … Continue reading →

“A literary critic reviews my resume”.¨Ü From McSweeneys.¨Ü Basically what the title says.¨Ü This slayed me: My interest was briefly piqued in section 2 when there was mention of “a broad in Hong Kong,” but I was lost for good … Continue reading →

Some guy going off on the speed bag.¨Ü Over a few decades.¨Ü 2:08 cracked me up.

I’m not big on politics, but I definitely enjoy old articles that are relevant because of current events.¨Ü Here’s an excerpt from an interview with the Obamas from 1996.¨Ü (Via Kottke)

Five on one against LeBron James.¨Ü Six journalists travel to Cleveland to play against LeBron James five on one.¨Ü I’ll spoil it because I felt a little cheated also — they end up playing three on three. One, heǃÙs very … Continue reading →

Teaser for the new LeBron campaign.¨Ü The best thing is the ridiculous comments where people think he’s actually going to switch sports.¨Ü I don’t know, maybe they think the commercial is a real press conference?¨Ü I’ll just assume they’re second … Continue reading →