This David Letterman segment is so damn stupid, but it cracked me up, especially when fat Spider Man and non-Spider Man characters leisurely walk into a Jamba Juice on Broadway. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7wKJmOLiN4&fmt=18]
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On my flight today, my fellow passengers and I nervously chuckled when the safety announcement video shown to us got to the part about evacuations in water landings--a "rare occurance" according to the video. Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III, you are a hero.
@ Sundance Film Festival
Slate explores 9 different methods ranging from a prosaic deeper wall to the more exotic air drone-operated electromagnetic gradiometry that Israel could pursue to shut down the estimated 400-600 tunnels, some ranging at least 20 feet deep underground in Gaza.
Harper's Index takes a look back and dives into the (sobering) correlative statistics and numbers during the Bush Administrative. A sample of some that I found interesting:
Date on which the first contract for a book about September 11 was signed: 9/13/01Number of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African men detained in the U.S. in the eight weeks after 9/11: 1,182
Number of them ever charged with a terrorism-related crime: 0
Number of members of the rock band Anthrax who said they hoarded Cipro so as to avoid an “ironic death”: 1
Portion of his presidency he has spent at or en route to vacation spots: 1/3
Minimum number of times that Frederick Douglass was beaten in what is now Donald Rumsfeld’s vacation home: 25
Percentage change in U.S. discretionary spending during Bush’s presidency: +31
Percentage change during Reagan’s and Clinton’s, respectively: +16, +0.3
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This famous photograph was taken in 1951 by an American photographer Ruth Orkin. Orkin describes the photo in this brief sound clip. A copy of it hangs on the wall of my neighborhood pizzeria, which I always stare at while waiting for them to reheat my "Grandma slice."
This rare and little understood natural phenomenon can be seen in this video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JoGXbP0bVg&fmt=18]
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Remember that stupid cat trying to climb stairs? Here's yet further proof that dogs are superior to cats. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw9f31O42Co&fmt=18]
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I had one of the more bizarre last night's party moments yesterday evening. First I went to a coworker's birthday party where we pushed out all the suits with our aggressive dancing style during which MRod [censored]. When I got back to my apartment neighborhood I decided to jump into a nearby restaurant to grab a late night dinner. Soon after I sat down at the bar, ordered my food and drink, I noticed a drunk couple stumble inside. The girl sat down on the stool next to me and heavily leaned against me.
"Hey, you alright?" I asked.
She stared at me with vacant eyes. And then she uttered, "You are a beautiful Asian boy." Then she grabbed my head and forcefully kissed me.
"WOAH! Isn't that your boyfriend?" I asked, and then waved the bartender over to order her some water.
"No, he isn't."
While waiting for the bartender, I suddenly felt this wet sensation on my arm. I looked down and this girl was...licking and sucking on my arm!
Her friend, a bartender on the Upper West Side, and I ended up making sure she didn't fall off her seat while feeding her our food.
And of course, I made sure to get some photo documentation. Here's the cool bartender (who took the photo with his iPhone) and the girl who molested me at the bar.
Anyone selling anything is jumping on the Obama bandwagon, including Hennessy which is celebrating the inauguration of President-elect Obama as our country's 44th president with a limited edition "44" bottle. Only 180,000 individually numbered bottles were produced which can be purchased for $30 and is available only in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Illinois, New York City, and Georgia. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
In the immortal words of the Digital Underground:
I drink a bottle of Hennessy, ya got on your shelf, so just let me introduce myself, my name is Humpty pronounced with an Umpty.
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