based on political contributions, see where various corporations politically position themselves

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sick of waiting for the microwave at work?

and bologna sandwiches?

i was very sick of waiting (the wait is approximately 1.5 hours for the microwave and the line starts at 11:45am). i also didn't want to go the ramen route, b/c that gets old fast.

so, what is a hungry, microwaveless, fickle worker to do? well, buy as many varieties of Dr. McDouggall's Vegan soups as possible. you just need hot water. they are amazingly delicious, and with all of the fiber and protein from the beans/lentils, sufficiently filling. can't say enough also about how healthy and lean they are (up to 200 calories). my favorites: split pea, and the black bean.

don't get me wrong, i'm no vegan, or even vegetarian, but i'm also not missing the meat from these yummy and comforting soup lunches.

they're at some, but not all grocery stores in the soup isle. click here to locate near you.

joel mchale on rachel ray: skip it.

the look on his face is rather telling. this is the same look he had on his face throughout the interview. friendly, but as if someone poured 2 cups of thumbtacks into his whitey tighties. he was the g-rated mini-version of the joel mchale we know and love, which was pretty sparing, considering ray ray didn't really let him get many words in edgewise.

if he was commenting on his visit, i'd imagine that he'd mention that ray ray was slowly pulling out his pubic hairs underneath the interviewing desk for the entirety of the interview. it just seemed painful. maybe it wasn't for him, but it was to watch. that won't stop me from watching "community", but i hope joel gets to keep his perry ellis wardrobe when lucifer comes for his soul somewhere in the process of doing press rounds. i don't mean to treat him as if he's died, but by the vacant look in his eyes, something in him died when he came in for the first hug.

bullet control

i just read an article about a bullet shortage in america. apparently, when dem's enter the white house, guns & ammo officially become the hottest fashion accessories since the tshirt clip (to jog your memory: LINK). in an average year, there are about 7 billion rounds of ammunition, but this year, the figure will be closer to 9 billion rounds, according to an NRA spokesperson. bullet makers are having all kinds of trouble keeping up with demand. with the high demand, the price of lead is also making its way up. this problem will not keep me up at night. we're in a shit economy, so i have to admit that it's nice to hear when an industry is thriving. it does, however, make me think of something chris rock says in "bigger & blacker".

"Everybody is talking about gun control. Got to control the guns. Fuck, that, I like guns. If you've got a gun, you don't need to work out! Cause, I ain't working out. I ain't jogging. No, I think we need some bullet control. I think every bullet should cost five thousand dollars. Five thousand dollars for a bullet. Know why? Cos if a bullet cost five thousand dollars, there'd be no more innocent by-standers. That'd be it. Some guy'd be shot you'd be all 'Damn, he must've done something, he's got fifty thousand dollars worth of bullets in his ass!' And people'd think before they shot someone 'Man I will blow your fucking head off, if I could afford it. I'm gonna get me a second job, start saving up, and you a dead man. You'd better hope I don't get no bullets on lay-away!' And even if you get shot you wouldn't need to go to the emergency room. Whoever shot you'd take their bullet back. 'I believe you got my property?'"

mr. rock, i think you're on to something. remind me to open a bullet shop next time a dem is elected into office. momma needs a new house.

"Good Hair" movie from Chris Rock

relaxer scaaaares me now.

Reel Bad Arabs (Thanks, stumbleupon)

Big mouth syndrome is a huge disadvantage in today's politically charged corporate environment.

origami money: more from stumbleupon.com

i am digging this angry, money bear. click the link to see other great uses of money that ignore the current economic shitcan.

LINK to origami money

from stumbleupon.com: cool designs in coffee, but now what?

blog post on webdesignerdepot.com about barista art. amazing designs of coffee art.

i hate to be a negative nelly, but i hope these barista's are either making primo dollars or they work in other mediums.

LINK

happy friday

great headline.

from my hometown newspaper's website.

how proud am i? let me pose you how

an adorable caucasian friend opened me up to a site called asianposes.com where it demonstrates unbelievably cute poses that asians do in pictures.

my fave is horns (shown here).

it's like the newest version of voguing, but way cooler.

makes the "top chef" junk food challenges look like complete crap

wanted to share this website i read about on boingboing.net. it takes fast food and goes through a beautification process to create new, pretty food (that is still just as bad for you). the above picture was created from Popeyes chicken and red beans n'rice. they added the wasabi and soy sauce.

check check it: LINK

not of sound mind. revisiting high school angst.

lately on facebook, many friends, and even people that weren't, have been friending me on facebook. harmless enough.

of course, this leads to, at some point, being hungover on the couch and thinking about the good and the bad of those formative years in Belleville, Illinois. i remember when i was actually in high school, there were a lot of adults that would say that these were supposed to be the best days of my life... it sounded pathetic then, too.

pong's philosophy on life in high school (really): shoot first, ask questions later. i'm soooo deep and no one understands me. someday, fame and glory. someday, i will never be lonely. someday, i'll know what i'm doing. someday, someone will love me and think i'm attractive regardless of how ugly i am or can be. someday, it will matter that they hurt me.

here's the thing. hormones ensured that everything i said and did were ridiculous and dramatic. the things i cared about, the things i didn't care about, the things i did, the fighting, the crying, etc. it was all pretty silly, but necessary, i'm 90% sure. hopefully, what it did was provide me with the guidelines of reason, as all of it was on the edge.

so, what now? i'm probably not where i thought i'd be, but i wouldn't change it. the great thing is that i'm somewhere i never thought i'd be, and i got to live a truly wonderful life to get here. i became who i wanted to become, but that isn't based on the occupation or husband or international city i thought i'd have. i am a person, comfortable in my skin, aware and accepting of my flaws, and doing the best i can. it sounds like a show on fox (except i didn't mention anything about partial nudity), but true. what more can i ask for? realistically thinking, no one i know from high school is actually all that cool. they just are. and so am i.

pong's philosophy of today: try not to forget to shoot. it's more interesting trying to understand someone else. someday, kids and a yard. someday, i'll remember to call my mom more. someday, i'll understand what i'm doing. everyday, i'll love my husband a little more. as time goes by, memories of high school stings less everyday, in retrospect, and everyone will forgive everyone else. (the last one, i know is pathetic. but at some point in a woman's life , or anyone's life, she has to accept that she was a total bitch in high school and it wasn't just everyone else who were the total bitches. the only people that didn't seem like bitches in the high school were the ones not talking. yeah. they were total bitches too, but you just couldn't hear what they were thinking. it's at that point, you can forgive yourself and everyone else).

at that age, chalk it all up to hormones. it's the equivalent of not being of sound mind (mentally incapacitated, drunk, not legally an adult) while signing a contract. nothing i did or said in high school should really count. i was not of sound mind.

when you're not looking, this poster beats its wife

from jalopnik, amnesty international has developed anti-domestic abuse ads in Germany that changes based on where you're facing. if you're looking at it, the couple is nice and happy. when you turn your head, he starts beating the crap out of her. i don't enjoy domestic abuse, but this is a great example of creative leveraging media and vice versa. and it makes a real statement and creates impact. love it. (and hate domestic violence)

jumping beans

i wish it was xmas.

combination pizza hut & taco bell

mercury sculptures: easy come, easy go

US Pole Dance Championship: No nudity and impressive

i don't want to assume these girls have been training their entire lives for this, but at this skill level...let's just say there's a reason names like "chandelier" and "trixie" still exist.

WOOHOO!

umm. i don't know what to say.

see how bad a driver you really are

take the GMAC National Driver's test

http://www.gmacinsurance.com/SafeDriving/

i scored 90% because i'm just that good. so what if wisconsin doesn't think i'm good. i am good. damn!

ben affleck = lone, pale jewelry designer?

i know this isn't really the case, but laughed until i peed a little thinking about this guy being ben affleck. it's the skinny nose and naturally frowny mouth.

LINK to the jewelry

Two 'pushing daisies' side notes: there will be at least 12 'pushing daisies' comics produced by dc comics AND season 2 comes out on dvd 7/21/09

Marking calendars. 'pushing daisies' will be airing final 3 episodes at 10pm saturdays, starting may30.

list of people banned from entering the UK by government. Osama Bin Laden not evil enough to make list.

From the "Home Office" website:

Abdullah Qadri Al Ahdal: Preacher. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.

Yunis Al Astal: Preacher. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts.

Stephen Donald Black: Set up Stormfront, a racist website.  Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by promoting serious criminal activity and fostering hatred, which might lead to inter-community violence in the United Kingdom.

Wadgy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim: A prolific speaker and writer.  Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glory terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to commit terrorist acts.

Eric Gliebe: Has made web-radio broadcasts in which he vilifies certain ethnic groups and encourages the download and distribution of provocative racist leaflets and posters. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by justifying terrorist violence, provoking others to commit serious crime and fostering racial hatred.

Mike Guzovsky: Leader of a violent group and actively involved with military training camps.  Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts.

Safwat Hijazi: Television preacher. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by glorifying terrorist violence.

Nasr Javed: Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs.

Abdul Ali Musa: Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting and glorifying terrorist violence in furtherance of his particular beliefs and seeking to provoke others to terrorist acts.

Fred Waldron Phelps Snr and Shirley Phelps-Roper: Pastor and leading spokesperson of Westboro Baptist Church.  Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the United Kingdom.

Samir Al Quntar: Spent three decades in prison for killing four soldiers and a four-year-old girl. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts.

Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky: Leaders of a violent gang that beat migrants and posted films of their attacks on the internet. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting serious criminal activity and seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts.

Amir Siddique: Preacher.  Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs.

Michael Alan Weiner (also known as Michael Savage): Controversial daily radio host. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.

if you go to the Home Office's website, it describes the "unacceptable behaviour policy" in subjective detail. generally speaking, the UK will ban you if you have expressed racist, violent, or biggotted views in any form of media. good thing i love all races, creeds and colours. and i put a "u" in "color".

of course, i'd love to be able to ban folks from coming onto U.S. soil (including sovereign states). those included on that list: jean claude van damme, osama bin laden, amy winehouse, and simon cowell. 

stupid U.S. freedom of speech. 

RIP dom deluise. A god among men

gonna head to "mexicantown" for cinco de mayo lunch. will not order the fluchilladas.

non-hybrid suv beats up on hybrids

the 2010 chevy equinox looks like it will be beating the fuel economy of the Toyota RAV-4, Honda CR-V, and even the Ford Escape Hybrid at 32 MPG highway. i will admit i haven't been the biggest supporter of american automobiles in the past, but this is pretty impressive and the actual car body doesn't look like shit. much better than shit, actually.

i hope this is a taste of what's to come in detroit and other american automakers. if it is, i may even become a convert.



LINK

tween robots have always relied on the kindness of strangers

to read more: LINK

tx lawmaker think asian should be required to "simplify" their names.

seen on boingboing.net

"charlie bit my finger" and "throwing obama at ..." help your office productivity

from wired.com: a theory that i've always had about internet surfing at work has proven to help productivity. the University of Melbourne science people believe that those who surf the internet at work for personal reasons are 9% more productive than those who are busy polishing their apples. essentially, brain tired. need break. skateboarding dogs and status updates help you destress and shut down for a couple minutes. brain likey.

this theory excludes those with internet addiction (and, probably doesn't measure mobile internet use at work, either). :)

i'm sorry for being neglectful. please accept these monkeys from cuteoverload.com.

CUTEOVERLOAD.COM

sheep herding as art.

"where the wild things are" trailer. SUUUHHHWHEEET

enjoy

"Stand by Me" performed by musicians around the world from SKAT on Vimeo.

a bit older, but really great heinekin ad

if this doesn't at least make you smile, you have no soul.

it helps if you're a spongebob fan, but it's essentially the cast of spongebob dubbing over famous film classics.

a sesame street tribute to ada lovelcace day. not really, but it's relevant, i swear

sesame street disabled embedding, so you'll have to go to youtube.com to watch this.
LINK

teen stars think racism is cool before they waste rest of their lives addicted to meth and being irrelevant

that was an all around insult spray to as many teen/child stars as i could. apparently, joe jonas (one of the jonas brothers, apparently) thinks making "slant eyes" is fun. really, it would just be easier if he bought these. Sure, it costs a little bit more, but your visible ignorance can last with little effort for 800 years.

this is very similar to miley's recent "oriental gesture" picture and demonstrates a reversal of cultural equality in america that is generally unspoken and depressing.

to my friends that think asian racism is not harmful or that making "oriental gestures" or "fake accents" is funny, tell that to the asians with such a poor self image and shame that they have their eyes surgically altered to look more like you. not to be too serious, but you have to be one sheltered cracker ass cracker to think making fun of how group of people looks is acceptable, or even cool. i know you think it's not that bad, but when you're making fun of a group of people, you are implying that your own group is in some way superior. and you should really find another way to show your insecurities in your math and science shortcomings. and i may know i'm great now, but i think it's very sad that i spent the first 20 years of my life wishing i had more caucasian features (every american standard of beauty was based on a caucasian scale).

LINK

who could withstand the man of steel? Stephanie Kwolek.

that's because she invented Kevlar, which is 5x stronger than steel.

about Kevlar: a fiber developed by Stephanie Kwolek in 1965, that is generally spun into sheets or ropes. there are over 200 products that use kevlar. some examples of products that use kevlar:

• bullet proof vests and body armor
  
• replace steal as rubber tire reinforcement
• brake linings
• asbestos replacement
• motorcycle safety clothing
• japanese archery blow strings
• paraglider suspension lines
• base textile for electricity producing clothing
• drumheads

about the inventor, Stephanie Kwolek: she was born July 31st, 1923, in a Pittsburgh suburb. she graduated from Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (known as Carnegie Mellon University today) with a degree in chemistry in 1946. . intending to save money for medical school, she took a job in chemistry at DuPont. (in light of World War II, many male dominated fields were being filled by women.)

in 1964, DuPont wanted to develop a high performance fiber for lighter, stiffer car tires (which would lead to better gas mileage). as no one wanted the project, Kwolek volunteered. in her course of research, she had developed a promising polymer. after wearing down the man who refused to spin the new material (out of fear that it would clog up the spinneret), it turned out that the fiber was 9 times stronger than previous materials she had developed. concerned that it was a fluke, she sent it for spinning several times, yielding the same results. after much care and dotting all of her "i's", she finally submitted the results to DuPont, and Kevlar was introduced to the world in 1971.

since 1971, kwolek's contribution to science and technology has improved lives well beyond her initial intentions. not only has she made cars more fuel efficient with strong and light automobile tire reinforcement, but she saves the lives of those whose job is to protect us and the lives of people like my brother that think he should pop wheelies on his motorcycle on the interstate.

most importantly, though, is that her invention isn't great because she is a woman, but because of it's contributions to humanity as a whole. additionally, it is proof of the positive effects from the absence of sausage parties in male dominant fields, such as chemistry. TAKE THAT, Joseph Clois Shivers, Jr!

source: wikipedia.org and http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/ima/kwolek_bio.html

"Please Say Something" by David OReilly

Please Say Something - Full Length from David OReilly on Vimeo.

thanks, sonia!

mike tyson is a pinata of knowledge

while checking my reader stream of iwatchstuff.com and reading an article on a mike tyson film biography (sure to be a classic), i remembered some of the quotable gems from mike tyson's public career that helped shape his public image. he has said some classic shit.

such as, "I just have this thing inside me that wants to eat and conquer. Maybe it's egotistical, but I have it in me. I don't want to be a tycoon. I just want to conquer people and their souls."

and how could you forget, "I’m just trying to change my life because I’m not above killing any drug dealer for money."

you're a shithead if you forgot, “I want to throw down your kid and stomp on his testicles, and then you will know what it is like to experience waking up everyday as me. And only then will you feel my pain.” (on the media)

really, i could get lost in this stuff. when you get a chance, go check out his quotes on wikiquote or see his biography TYSON

(image from http://concreteloop.com/2006/04/mike-tyson-leaves-rehab)

i'm self employed and not making any money

actually, i just say "self employed" because i needed something else to do with my time, so i've started another blog. this one focuses on my career, the recession, and how to deal (but better than how mandy moore handled it).


http://willwork4money.tumblr.com/

i'd like to start a company based on this logo.

i don't know what it will do/sell, but this is one of the best logo's i've ever seen, while browsing around flickr.

two angry camels in the car

thanks, boingboing

you know who's great? hoodlums..

literal billy idol video

White Wedding: Literal Video Version - watch more funny videos

snails time lapse video

Snails Go west ! Funny TimeLapse from www.time-lapse.fr on Vimeo.

topic of the day: abortion and a 12 year old's diagnosis

just watched a youtube.com video of a 12 year old girl giving a speech on the horrors of abortion. she didn't outright say that it should be illegal, but she made interesting arguments on reasons why women should not have abortions. she had even brought up statistics on the % of abortions that are performed in cases of incest, rape, or endangering the mother's life. i have to say, for a 12 year old, she gave an excellent speech. of course, they had to disable the commenting feature after many youtuber's made inappropriate comments, but they made sure to keep all the positive comments first.

i only have two actual critiques on the video, though.
1) she's 12. had this been a woman who has either had sex or had an abortion, she would have been able to carry a little more weight. the fact that she hasn't, i assume, had sex yet, gives her less credibility, in my eyes. hopefully, she's never even had to make a decision about sex. on top of that, she hasn't got her driver's license, voted, drank alcohol, stripped for a ride home, or mainlined drugs yet. once she does at least two of those things, i'll be a little more open.

2) she's making some crazy ass bold comments about the effects of abortion on a woman's body.
BREAST CANCER: that crazy little pro-life statistician claims that abortion causes breast cancer. this is a true theory, however, the american cancer society and the national cancer institute have both concluded that there is no association between having a no abortion and developing breast cancer.
MOOD DISORDERS: here's why i think this is kind of silly. first, throw a rock in any direction and you're most likely to hit at least one person that has a diagnosable mood disorder (depression, social anxiety, bi-polar, all the favorites). who's to say that either it wasn't a pre-existing condition, or that they already had a little bit of crazy in them, just like the rest of us.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE: (see "MOOD DISORDERS". same response applies here.)
REGRET: this one is silly because i don't remember there being new legislation based on what the nation's citizens may regret. if that's the case, i think krispy kreme and steak n'shake cheese fries need to be illegal. mmmm. so good, but yet sooo bad.

Then, she goes on and on about how "abortion leaves women feeling lost and uncertain about their future." ummm. please see my point about her being 12 and not having mainlined drugs. she probably hasn't even freebased. anyways, i give her credit for being a good speaker, but i'd bet my left kidney she's not a great listener, except maybe to her parents, church and friends. i give her credit for not citing jesus or his merry men, but her real message: screw scientists and doctors. they don't know shit.

obama's elf

the best movie i haven't seen

check out this fantastic site

thisiswhyyourfat.com is a glorious photo gallery of artery-clogging, deep fried, gravy covered gold. the above image is Deep Fried Peanut Butter-Covered Brownie Wrapped In Cookie Dough. ugh.

update: I had to add this one

from new scientist magazine: how your looks betray your personality.

link to article on New Scientist

link to boingboing

[Sesame Street] Grover disco dancing

this fits my current mood best.

i wish this was a sick joke...a video game focused on rape.

i was just reading my google reader and am truly horrified learning of a game that simulates the despicable crime of rape (but treats it as a goal, rather than a shameful, cowardly, and utterly disgusting crime against women). i have trouble sharing any more information about the game, but it is a stomach turner.

according to the game developers, the game was intended to be sold in Japan only but was being sold on Belfast Amazon.com. as members of british parliament became aware that the game was made available to the UK and Ireland, Belfast Amazon removed it from sale. i don't want to get into too many details, but here's a link to the article on boingboing.net for your horrification of the morning.

i don't really want to give this information much press, but i do feel like it's important to shame companies like Illusion for glorifying and trivializing such a hurtful and heinous crime against women. this sounds like a joke, but there is no grey area between a game like "grand theft auto" and games where it is a goal to intimidate, beat, and repeatedly sexually abuse anyone. also, it graphically portrays the act, which not only de-humanizes women, but treats rape as a meaningless and inconsequential act. the game rewards players for very socially disturbed and destructive abuses. i understand there are bad people in this world, but this video game company has elevated baddies to a level beyond unconscionable. not only that, it manipulates and encourages those that are sexually and mentally disturbed. it looks like satan's working overtime.

posting from Fmylife.com - FML #9438

Today, I was eating ice cream and I noticed some on my jeans so I wiped it off with my finger and licked it. It was bird shit. FML


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isn't the future great? reason #1,287 that lasers are great.

he goes through retirements like zsa zsa goes through husbands.

favre. oh, favre. favre has instructed his agent to notify the jet's that he is planning to retire...again.

no tears for the jet's, though. that would just be RIDICULOUS.

why you want to fight after you drink coke's vitamin water...

well, not exactly, but i did think the article in adage.com was very interesting. there are certain flavors of vitamin water that can cause players to test positive in banned substance testing. the six banned flavors that create positive results are: Rescue, Energy, B-relaxed, Vital-T, Balance and Power-C. the following are some of the vitamin water ingredients that impermissible:

• caffeine or guarana seed extract: guarana is a plant native to the amazon whose seeds contain twice as much caffeine as coffee beans. generally, the plant uses this as a defense mechanism, and the plant is used in many south american energy drinks/shots.
• Taurine: a natural, organic acid found in the bloodstream and is found in bile. this chemical acts like a metabolic transmitter and is known for a detoxifying effect.
• L-theanine: an amino acid that has psychoactive properties. it has been shown to reduce stress and increase relaxation. when combined with caffeine, it can result in increased cognition and enhance mood.
• Green tea extracts: an herbal derivative of Green Tea that is 20 times more antioxidant-active than Vitamin C. other potential health benefits include anti-cancer, anti-inflammation, and anti-radiation.
  
• Glucosamine: an amino sugar, usually derived from shellfish. it's generally used to help rebuild cartilage and joint pain. there have been mixed results in studies of it's medical uses and effectiveness, and therefore has not been approved for medical use by the FDA. it is available to consumers as a dietary supplement, which makes dosages and other regulations the responsibility of the manufacturer, rather than the government agency.
• Other banned substances include various amino acids, protein powders and ginseng.
• Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org and Healing Daily

Link to article in AdAge.com

snacking cheese: uniekaas parrano

the scariest thing about moving to detroit from minneapolis is that i would no longer have the wonderful lunds & byerly's snacking cheese. they essentially take a mini-portion of their fine cheeses as a sample size between $2-4.

at plum market, my heart skipped a beat as i found a small basket of fine cheese by the salad bar. each were approximately $1.50 and the perfect size for fulfilling any immediate, between-meal dairy craving.

today's purchase? uniekaas parrano. it's a yummy form of gouda made in an italian style. it's from a cow and has a lovely milky and slightly nutty flavor. texture is between gouda and parm. reminds me of my favorite: beemster. mmmm.

so, if you happen to see this cheese in your snacking cheese basket, buy it. buy all of it and sit in silent satisfaction while you think about dinner. mmmm.

miley cyrus nominated for worst apology of the 2009 (and it's only february!)

miley cyrus is defending her "slant eye" picture, stating that because britney is back on her game, the media is making something out of nothing. then, she proceeded to get into blackface and start tap dancing to "it don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)" while holding a slice of watermelon in her left hand and fried chicken in her right hand.


tune into "hannah montana" tomorrow, where she'll reprise the role of Mr. Yunioshi in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and cook some "flied lice".



then, saturday, she's booked to go on tour with the Spain's Olympic men's basketball team.


white kids are so damn smart. now i understand how they all get become politicians.

here's a link to more idiotic nonsense that comes out of the teen queen's pie hole.

on a side note: i with there were more white people stereotypes i had to work with other than a love of crate & barrel and not having rhythm, being evil/rich, and being self righteous.

the daily show: joe the plumber is the master of re-invention

new sex education website unveiled at TED2009

the new website is called Make Love, Not Porn (http://makelovenotporn.com/main.php) and it essentially bridges the gap for the young folk (and probably folks of all ages) that are getting sex education from porn and separates fact, opinion, and myth.

entertaining and interesting discussion threads.

for more TED news, go to LINK

yet another reason beer is one of the best inventions , old or new, of all time

(image from dvice.com)

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company uses their waste products from beer production to produce ethanol. generally, the high alcohol content waste is used as cattle feed, but they have built mini-refineries to increase the alcohol content of the beer by-products to the point where it becomes viable ethanol, a cleaner burning automotive or motor fuel.

Interesting side note: the original model T Ford was built to run on pure ethanol. (the more you know...)

LINK to better article at WIRED

i wants and needs: scab band-aids

from boingboing.net, these band-aids have images that make that toe-stubbing look way more badass with zippers, maggots and baby spiders. for a girl who has a tendency to do more damage to herself than the world can throw at her, these would make me feel much better.

buy'em here for $3.95 (plus shipping/handling)

don't drink and drive

see more puppies

railroad motorvehicles

there is a club that actually builds cars that run on the rails. the club is called the North American Rail Car Operators Association (NARCOA).

they ask permission from the railroads and actually get to run. they aren't allowed paying passengers, but still sounds like a pretty bitchin club.

the car to the left is for sale at $5k.

link from BOING BOING

picture of the day: watermelon mouth carving

LINK from a blog called "bits and pieces"

more watermelon art: LINK

let's see law & order do an episode about this headline: from the startribune.com, "Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey to be knighted in St. Paul"

LINK to ARTICLE

crazy ass picture of the day: a man frozen in an elevator shaft

the detroit news received a tip that there was the body of a man frozen in ice of an elevator shaft of a detroit public school's warehouse...and the tip was right on. there are estimates that the body has been there for several months. the body has been removed (using a saw to get through the ice) and it has not been identified.

LINK to article on MSNBC

UPDATE: The man has been identified as 56-year-old Johnnie Redding of River Rouge. He was last seen by his family in September when he was going out to celebrate his birthday. LINK

selfish florida couple pay $155k to clone a golden lab, rather than resue an already living shelter dog

you get the gist of the article from the headline, but just to reiterate:
a florida couple has paid a bay area company to clone their precious lancelot, a golden lab retriever. the clone's name is lancelot encore and he is now 10 weeks old. on a side note, the selfish florida couple are from the family that invented Nascar, which is something that never would have happened with out them.

the insane couple does have some heart with a family of half a dozen dogs, 10 cats, six sheep and four parrots.

now, my dog is the best dog ever and he could really kick lancelot and his clone spawn's asses back to hell, but i know he would rather i go to my local animal shelter and rescue an animal that would be put down rather then sell my Nascar jewelry to clone him. let that be a lesson to you, rich fools!

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i'm sorry. i know i may be a middle aged housewife

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from mr. wesley

TV from yesterday re-invades. Will cause a new generation of TV viewers to distrust aliens.

ABC has green-lit the 80's tv series V, which will be written by one of the 4400 creators, Scott Peters. so, they get rid of Pushing Daisies and hold back on Ugly Betty and bring back V . That's just lovely.

why not just make a show where Slimer, The Noid, and Sledge Hammer start a radio show on WKRP (in Cincinnati), until their distant cousin Balki from Mypos arrives and wants to move in with them. Mr. Roper starts to suspect they have another roomate, but they throw Balki into the closet or kitchen whenever he arrives. This is where Balki meets Alf, that alien from Melmac that the trio is also hiding. When ratings start to slide, they'll adopt a little girl named Punky, even though they're old and don't know anything about little girls. She teaches them to love and what family is all about. Until they get kidnapped by terrorists and a secret agent with a stunning brunette mullet named Angus saves them with some mentos, a diet coke and 3 C batteries.

(I'll stop now. I could do this for a while.)

what does jerry rice and residents of shady oaks nursing home have in common: brains!

upon the review of deceased former NFL player's brains (that were donated to science), the result of multiple concussions over their careers has damaged their brains to the point where they resemble 80 year old dementia patients with Alzheimer's disease. The official name of the condition is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and now I will give you a couple moments to form internal jabs at the intelligence levels of football players in general................

the image on the left is of healthy brain tissue of an average human. the image on the right is an image of a middle aged football player's brain.






now, you can get back to your math club, or whatever it is that you nerds do.

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funny and offensive condom ad

star wars told by someone who hasn't seen it.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

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teeth soap on etsy

ok. i'm getting ridiculous. US$6 teeth soap from goat's milk. etsy is like a giant sociology and psychology experiment, isn't it?
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for the futurama fan: brain slug hats

The flight had a stopover on the Brain Slug Planet. Hermes liked it so much he decided to stay of his own free will.

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"pancake" ring (costume jewelry from etsy)

i think i'm going to focus my energy of food themed products on etsy. today, US$12 buys you a yellow, pink and purple ring that someone from fisher price may have owned. FEAST your eyes on this! buy buy buy! LINK