I don't know how long this clip from Flight of the Conchords will stay good, so watch it while you can! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-EN8dpAvBw&fmt=18]
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Starbucks unveiled this week, coffee aficionados hold your breath, their new line of instant coffee called Via. My roomie Kate Klonick did a little blind test with a focus group comparing it with other instant coffee brands for Smart Money.
Trying out Sanka, Maxwell House Instant Coffee, Folger's Classic Roast and Nestle's Taster's Choice, we all agreed the taste of the instant products was drastically different from fresh-brewed—dominated by bitterness in many cases, and lacking in complex flavor and aroma.So when we finally had the opportunity to sample Starbucks' new Via instant, we were surprised: It actually tastes like coffee. With a more pronounced coffee flavor, that instant-cup bitterness receded. And while the aroma isn't quite up to par with brewed coffee, Via had more body and no chemical aftertaste. Bottom line: It was more flavorful than the other instants we had tried.
I wonder how it compares though to say Starbucks' (delicious) Pike Place roast.
Anyway, little does Kate know that I switched around the labels on her coffee samples late last night! [Insert evil laughter.]
A judge "batted" down two misdemeanors against Walsh Ian Nichols who was arrested on October 21 in Ybor City after refusing to remove the mask he was wearing in public. The law was originally created in 1951 to combat the Ku Klux Klan.
Following the judge's ruling, Nichols' attorney crowed, "The streets of Tampa are safe again...Ybor is a better place to have Batman in it."
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Nnamdi really wanted this hat. I told him that I like Legos too...when I was in second grade. I said, "There's fashion forward and then there's fashion retardation." This fits in the latter category, but he was really insistent on "doing him." I guess I shouldn't be surprised, he does have a track record for these sort of things.
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Yes or no?
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Superiority of Japanese TV shows demonstrated once again in this clip: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdEbRDdMiI&fmt=18]
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Interesting non-football related tidbit from Gregg Easterbrook's weekly verbose football column on ESPN.
[T]he Times uses a phone number masking system -- when a Times reporter rings you up for comment, your caller ID device reads: 111-111-1111. This makes it impossible for you to realize the Times is calling, and hence avoid the call, unless you know that 111-111-1111 is the New York Times' secret code. (Well, now you do know.)
I think that number is better than Jenny's.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T6df9m6dZM&fmt=18] Probably staged, but still more entertaining than the Bruce Springsteen halftime show at the Super Bowl. It'd be great to set up something similar, but with more people doing for example, Thriller.
Michael Jackson is selling bunch of his stuff at an auction. Some of it is expected like his rhinestone socks from the 1981 Triumph tour ($600-$800), but a lot of it is really bizarre like a fire engine tea kettle ($100-$200).
The plaque reads: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Presented to Michael Jackson from the Cast of Walt Disney World". $1,000-$1,500
The prop 'scissorhand' gloves that Johnny Depp wore in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands. $4,000-$6,000
A Sega flight simulation arcade game with safety barrier and attendant station. $4,000-$6,000
A marble chess table supported by four parcel gilt horses on marble pillars. $2,000-$3,000
A larger-than-life figure of Superman. $1,000-$1,500
This is something I want actually: A painting on stretched canvas featuring iconic figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein wearing Jackson's trademark sunglasses and glove. $1,000-$2,000
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My brilliant friend Brian in Boston sent me this over the weekend with the following caption:
Why don't they call it the martial arts section? And no I'm not in the triple x shop!
It appears he discoverd the motherlode for anyone with yellow fever.
This "gun" will fire a 1 oz shot of your choice of poison. As Gizmodo writes: It's the perfect way for you to turn a night of drinking into an awkward show of your aggressiveness and homoerotic tendencies.
I'll take my shot the old fashion way.
One for me and one for my homie Jesus.
[Thanks Paul!]
Not sure how long this upload will be good, but here's Shaq dancing with the Jabbawockeez at this year's NBA All Star game. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J8A_KpbYf8&fmt=18]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfl9e53LX_U&fmt=18] [Thanks Pooja!]
I'm posting this on behalf of my friend. SundanceChannel.com is looking for freelance junior designers and programmers. Qualifications below.
Designer: Flash, Photoshop (OBVI!), Illustrator, HTML is a plus.
Programmer: CSS, Java, HTML
Contact Pooja [dot] Badlani [at] sundancechannel [dot] com for more information or to send your portfolio/resume.
I've been meaning to share this, but This Is Why You're Fat is a website cataloging caloric monstrosities.
Heart Attack Sandwich (Chicken fried steak, chicken-fried bacon, a country sausage, a fried egg, a fried green tomato topped with cheddar cheese and sandwiched between buns toasted in bacon fat, all served with a gravy dipping sauce).
Deed Fried S’more On A Stick
Giant Breakfast Burrito
[Thanks Ben!]