First thing’s first and I know we’re harping on it a lot—but if you haven’t read this post and the ensuing comments, you are denying yourself the biggest bellylaugh you’re likely to get all week. Go there now… I’ll wait till you get back. WASN’T THAT AWESOME?!? Okay, here’s something else that’s great, too. Who […]
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Worst Cover Song of All Time?
Regular readers of this blog already know that from time to time I’m called upon to defend Celine Dion… AND TODAY WILL BE NO DIFFERENT! Total Guitar magazine has released their poll of the absolute worst cover songs of all time, and guess who’s at the tippy-top? Celine’s version of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All […]
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Keeping Up with… the Olympic Gymnastic Trials
If you missed this weekend’s Olympic Gymnastic Trials… no sweat. Here’s the only really good part. Oh, did I say “gymnastic”? I meant “gym-spastic.”
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T-Shirts for the Plus-Sized Male!
Okay, it’s going to be in the upper 70s to mid-90s all week long, so you know what that means—POOL PARTY! However, when you’re a “plus-sized male” it’s nearly impossible to find the appropriate pool-side fashions. Enter “Big Richardson’s T-Shirt Shop” where even the biggest boned man can find the “Calvin Peeing in a Puddle” […]
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Cookie Monster on The Colbert Report
Okay, this one is cuter than a basket full of “Cat Fridays.” After learning that Sesame Street‘s Cookie Monster has started eating fruits and vegetables in addition to cookies, Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report flips out and takes the blue monster to task. Check this out if you’re in the mood to feel good.
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The O’Reilly Factor… in a Minute!
How many times have you whined, “But I don’t have time to watch every episode of The O’Reilly Factor!” Well, thanks to the funny guys over at 236, you can now view Bill O’Reilly in all his glory… and in only ONE MINUTE. (And with every inch of the “no spin zone” still intact.)
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PDX Ripped: Exclusive Weezer Footage
Weezer cover Radiohead’s Creep, live in Portland from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
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Blue Russian Granny vs. Red Russian Granny… WHO YA GOT?!?
Okay, grab a co-worker. Both of you put five dollars down on the table. Now, one of you choose “blue granny” and the other choose “red granny.” Then click play on this heee-larious video of two Russian grannies beating the crap out of each other with their purses, and may the best person win!
Posted inFashion
Men in Shorts, Yes… But What Kind?
Over on MOD, Mercury fashion blogger Brett Glass has been bringing up the pertinent issue of men in shorts. See his argument in defense of short shorts on men here, and a word on long and lean versions here. It also so happens that Wm Steven Humphrey, who is an avid shorts-wearer, brought up the […]
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Boring Heroics
The Children of Huang Zzzzzz
Based on a true story, The Children of Huang Shi has sincerity to spare. What it lacks is vitality. Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as George Hogg, a journalist who helped rescue a group of Chinese orphans from the Japanese occupation in 1937. Cocky and reckless, Hogg manages to slip into the occupied zone by conning […]
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We Want to Pump You Up
Doping with Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Chris Bell wants us to believe America wrote him a bad check. Heeding the advice of his childhood heroes Hulk Hogan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bell and his two beefy, steroid-using brothers (named “Mad Dog” and “Stinky”—I’m totally serious) took as gospel that by working out, saying their prayers, and taking their vitamins, they would indeed […]
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Bangkok! Verrrrrry Dangerous.
Lionsgate Films has released a clip from their new Nicolas Cage movie Bangkok Dangerous (due out in September), which at first blush looks like the most awful movie ever… until it quickly turns into what could be the most AWESOME film ever! Why so awesome? Nic plays a mulleted hitman (awesome) in Thailand who isn’t […]