Colgate Wisp Infomercial
It’s good to know that the legacy of Billy Mays is alive and well.
Need an inter-dimensional warp? No problem…
LSD Inventor Corresponds with Steve Jobs
Last week, the Huff Post published a heretofore little known letter sent from 101-year old LSD developer Albert Hofmann (who passed last year at 102) to Captain of Industry, Steve Jobs. The letter referenced Jobs’ well known affinity for psychedelics and requested support for the first medicinal study of LSD in over 35 years.
Auto-tuning the News
Just in case you believed that any of your favorite Autotune-abusing artists, have any talent, whatsoever, look at how great it makes Michele Backman sound.
Dude, Where’s My Hangover?
I like the meta-story of Todd Phillips writing The Hangover after a night of binge drinking, having forgotten that he was stealing the plot of Dude, Where’s My Car?
“He-cession?”
Reihan Salam, in last week’s Foreign Policy, argued that this recession represents “The Death of Macho.” She cites an unemployment rate that is hitting male workers much more severely than female, and criticizes a culture of high risk, high leverage tactics which she associates with the macho business culture.
The Dabba Don
Great Sopranos-style trailer starring Freddy Flintstone. Part of a Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law ep.
Art House Film: Disaster 2012
I’m so tired of these esoteric, emotionally driven movie plot-lines. How many angst-ridden close ups of Ralph Fiennes can a man take? Nobody can be that excruciatingly jilted all of the time!
Bahhhhh! And now… Disaster:
James Worthy – Freudian Slip
I’ve had this clip saved on my DVR for forever and a half. However, my DVR player is an electronic Fort Knox from which nothing can ever be extracted. So, short of buying a DVD recorder, I did it ghetto-style by pointing a camcorder at the TV. Apologies in advance if I’ve offended your digital sensibilities…
Emu POTW: Taibbi’s Goldman Rant
For those of you who haven’t read Matt Taibbi’s scathing Rolling Stone commentary on Goldman Sachs, entitled, “The Great American Bubble Machine,” it’s well worth a look. In it, he refers to the banking behemoth as a “Great Vampire Squid wrapped around the face of humanity.”
Teddy Bears Resort to Life of Crime
DEA agents and New York City’s finest were shocked last weekend to find yet another segment of society corrupted by the War on Drugs — Teddy Bears. In a raid on a Bronx safehouse, police and federal agents uncovered over 44 lbs of heroin and $150,000 in cash trafficked by the customizable bedtime friends known as Build-A-Bears.