television

Ali & Andy

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The clip below is of an interview Ali G conducted, or tried to conduct, with Andy Rooney. Like all of Ali G’s interviews, the subject gets pissed but this time it is because of Ali G’s poor language skills. For instance, Ali says “does you think” and then Andy corrects him saying, “it’s do you […]

science

Sen. Sam Brownback Believes In The Truth: His Truth

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Senator Sam Brownback from Kansas is running for President and does not believe in evolution. To defend his view, he wrote an Op Ed in today’s NY Times which starts off making some surprisingly good points but he winds up seeming pretty creepy and backwards to me in the end. Here is one snippet: The […]

music

One Woman Bands Repeating Loop Style

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I love one man bands – especially this one guy in the subway that somehow plays 8 instruments at once (he is around Grand Central a lot) – but had no clue that one of the catchier songs I’ve heard in the past year or so – KT Tunstall’s “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” […]

tech

Wii Love the Simpsons

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Coming soon to a video console near you: The Simpsons Game! It is being created in partnership with Gracie Films and Twentieth Century Fox and is not based on the upcoming Simpsons movie. Rather, it is an original story from writers who create the TV program and it will feature the entire voice cast from […]

ramblings

My Brothers

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Tidbit of the day: President Dwight D. Einsenhower, Dr. Jonas Salk and Larry David are my brothers. If you know me, you may (or may not) be surprised to learn that I was in a fraternity when I was in college. Before I headed north I never thought that I would be a “frat guy.” […]

music

"I Love You More Than…"

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Sarah Silverman is one of the hottest comics around right now. Some people love her. Some hate her. I’m on the fence – sometimes I think she’s great and other times I think she is just being offensive for no reason (which I know is part of her charm and her style of humor – […]

tech

Mob Rule at Digg Nation

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Digg, which is a user driven social content website, faced a user revolt that it couldn’t contain or control over the past two days. Long story short, some users started posting some quasi-legal / illegal information about how to get around HD-DVD encryption. Digg management, fearing a lawsuit, deleted the posts. More posts came with […]

politics

Mission Still Unaccomplished

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According the our esteemed President and Commander-in-Chief, “Operation Iraqi Freedom” ended four years ago today on May 1, 2003. Here is the start of Bush’s speech: Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the […]

ramblings

Malaria Awareness Can Be Fun!

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If you don’t think that this post’s headline can be true, check out the video below. President George Bush gets seriously down tackling this serious issue at the White House lawn yesterday. Give the man some credit – he’s got to know people like me are just going to post a video of his routine […]

music

Dumb Lyrics, Catchy Tunes

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Everyone has a pop song they love even though they hate it. I have two in my life right now and have decided to share my pain if you will because maybe these songs are inflicting you with delight and grief as well. First off, I recently was in Reykjavik and heard for the first […]