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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:46:42 -0500

Jay-Z Boasts He’s the New Sinatra - NYTimes.com

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:45 -0500

Jay-Z Boasts He’s the New Sinatra - NYTimes.com:

I’m glad this song is getting the attention it deserves as a New York anthem. I listen to it every day on my walk to work and it gets me excited for the day.

I’m spending a couple weeks in LA on business. Last night I was talking to a girl who told me when she graduates college she wants to move to New York because “Empire State of Mind” made her realize that’s the place she can achieve her dreams.

hAhaha, Ricky is funny as hell isn’t he? I mean he’s written good stuff before, obviously. Yet this simple tongue in cheek post, dryly mocking the absurdity that Jay Z is the self proclaimed “new Sinatra”, is maybe his best yet. I mean the part about a cheeky college grad actually needing the motivation from Hovito’s song to inspire her to move to NYC is priceless. “Achieve her dreams”…ha, cute. Very cute.

biteofpythias: Title IX warrior. This student athlete is getting...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:16:00 -0500

biteofpythias:

Title IX warrior. This student athlete is getting hammered for grabbing an opponent by the hair and throwing her down, but look at how it was instigated by the other team. Sure, she should have probably been tossed from the game - and she should know that it is always the retaliator that gets caught - take a number and get back at her later… but why is she being suspended? why do we still treat female athletes so differently - where we expect them to be so lady like. it is infuriating. just like with serena this summer and swearing. big deal. get over it people. women compete. and sometimes when someone elbows you in the tits and then someone else grabs your shorts and pulls at your uniform, you snap and tack a head on someone. move on…
plus the second chick took a total dive… they were clearly fishing for a red card and knew they had this one riled up…

Far be it from me to defend suspending a player for “dirty” play in ~~soccer~~ futbol. I was suspended for 3 games(2 reg season & 1 district playoff) in H.S. for “aggressive” play. However, the 40 second clip is taken out of context. It’s impossible to say the type of back & forth chippiness that was going on before each of these fouls and how the aggressiveness transpired during the flow of the match. Now there’s a longer clip that allows us to get a bit better handle as to the total number of infractions, some likely not seen by the refs at the time they occurred. I imagine watching the entire game was what led to the decision, one made by her own university, rather than just a replay of these two instances, neither of which warrant a suspension on their own.

Now if she only played football in the SEC, she probably would have gotten defensive player of the week honors. Especially if she played for Urban “see no evil-do no evil” Meyer.

dangerghost: fuckyeahstarwars: Beastie Boys Sabotage -...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:11:55 -0500

dangerghost:

fuckyeahstarwars:

Beastie Boys Sabotage - Empire Strikes Back

yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

Oh my.

matt-t: copycats: Poker Face by Eric Cartmanoriginally by Lady...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:25:50 -0500

matt-t:

copycats:

Poker Face by Eric Cartman
originally by Lady Gaga

I don’t know who decided to make this a full-length version, but I’m glad they did. —Nathaniel James

muh muh muh

niiiiice

I care about Jews

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:31:31 -0500

I care about Jews

Wow! Wow? Wowwowowowow. This is an undoctored photo of Sammy...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:00 -0500

Wow! Wow? Wowwowowowow. This is an undoctored photo of Sammy Sosa taken in Vegas this week. This is what he used to look like.

As Sammy would say, “Tha’s alotta work man”

This won’t help to dispel the crazy rumors that Michael...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:00 -0500

This won’t help to dispel the crazy rumors that Michael Jackson is still alive.

Mets unlikely to pick up 2010 option for reliever

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:24:44 -0500

Mets unlikely to pick up 2010 option for reliever :

That’s one less Putz on the team.

dicktowel.com@gmail.com (with footnotes)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:38:00 -0500

If I set up a paypal account and promised to send a handmade dick towel to anyone who emailed me(1) & ordered one @ $4.99 each, would I make enough $$ to support my weekly caffeine addiction(2)?

(1)Much to my dismay, plain old dicktowel@gmail.com was already taken. Lucky bastard.

(2)My caffeine addiction is the most affordable of all my vices. Also the most legal. Coincidence? I think not.

illustratedexample: sunday: KITTEN MITTONS I won’t be doing...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:25:33 -0500

illustratedexample:

sunday:

KITTEN MITTONS

I won’t be doing anything today besides watching this .gif

ditto

rillawafers: DICK TOWEL (via dicktowel) Warning: You will burn...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:19:24 -0500

rillawafers:

DICK TOWEL (via dicktowel)

Warning: You will burn your retina watching the official dicktowel.com video

katiebakes: skidder / rdeeming: I have heard about the...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:38:59 -0500

katiebakes:

skidder / rdeeming:

I have heard about the marshmallow test a few times before, but this is the first time I have seen it played out in video.

You put a marshmallow in front of a child and tell them that they can either eat it now, or they can have 2 marshmallows if they can save it until you are back in the room.

Just amazing to watch the decision making happening.

via Steve V

I could no joke watch a live feed of this all day long, like in a little window at the top of my computer screen. (Related is this from the New Yorker.)

funny

Pacino’s finest moment as a thespian.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:48:27 -0500

Pacino’s finest moment as a thespian.

976-1313

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:10:55 -0500

inthefade:

I just remembered the number to Sportsphone.

It’s what I did before the internet. You know, in the dark ages of the 70s and 80s When I needed sports scores I called that number and got up to the minute (sort of) scores. I think I remember Gary Thorne being one of the voices of Sportsphone.

For all your sports news instantly, dial 976-131.

Wow, that was such a random memory.

Old school is the best school

mikehudack: spiegelman: abcnews: The CounterTerrorist Unit said they have “no word” yet on...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:54:59 -0500

mikehudack:

spiegelman:

abcnews:

The CounterTerrorist Unit said they have “no word” yet on whether this incident was terrorism-related.

Yes, randomly strafing a crowd of people bears all the hallmarks of a carefully coordinated attack by Al Qaeda. No possibility whatsoever that it was the result of a man going crazy after fellow soldiers harassed him endlessly for months on account of his “Arabic-sounding name.”

I think the truth lies somewhere in between.

Al-Qaeda is an instantaneous & easy label to slap on a tragedy like this, mostly by people prone to hysterics. There are plenty of groups, both foreign & domestic, that can carry out an attack like this. As far as it being, “the result of a man going crazy after fellow soldiers harassed him endlessly for months on account of his “Arabic-sounding name”, or a random, “strafing of a crowd”, that may be a bit shortsighted. The Gov. of Texas has already confirmed there are “at least 3 suspects” which would lead most to conclude this was coordinated and/or premeditated by a group of men on some level.

Source: Red Sox acquire Hermida from Marlins

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:42:00 -0500

Source: Red Sox acquire Hermida from Marlins:

…and so the hot stove begins:

Red Sox acquiring OF Jeremy Hermida for minor league pitchers Jose Alvarez and Hunter Jones

Jihad at Fort Hood? Shooter: Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:29:00 -0500

Jihad at Fort Hood? Shooter: Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan:

(not my title, just the name of link from website called Jihad Watch)

This suspect was killed. He was an officer in the Army about to be deployed to Iraq.

Breaking: 7 Dead & 20 hurt at Ft. Hood Army Base in Texas

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:34:00 -0500

2 Possible shooters. 33,000 people on lock down at base. It’s largest active armored post in U.S.

After watching the Yankee World Series win last night, the...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:31:31 -0500

After watching the Yankee World Series win last night, the states of Maine & California are planning a vote in 2010 to ban all baseball celebrations.