--News News--
1. Smooth Criminal
Sure he was doing meth, and breaking into homes.. but at least he was going to carve out time to do some good in this world. Bravo to you, sir.
Weymouth suspect's alleged to-do list: Drug run, break-in, kindness
WEYMOUTH —Find crystal meth. Get a gold watch. Commit a break-in or rob a dealer. Sell drugs. Do one altruistic thing for a stranger.
Those were the some of the to-do items in the notebook of a North
Weymouth man who faces charges of breaking and entering, police Capt.
Richard Fuller said.
He also had a notebook with a list of goals for the day that also included getting cocaine, Fuller said.
“This is a first for us,” Fuller said. “Those aren’t things you would normally put on your daily to-do list.”
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It's good to have to goals.
2. Mom of the Year
As an expecting father, I can't say I've read many "child-raising" books.. BUT I have read enough of these types of stories to know what NOT to do.. so I got that going for me, which is nice.
Mother Goes Shopping, Leaves Baby Inside Car with Note Asking Passers-By to Call Her with Any Problems
"[The note] was written from the baby's perspective," a witness told the New Zealand Herald, "and it said, 'My mum's in doing the shopping, call her if I need anything', and it had the cellphone number."
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In her defense, there was an epic SPANX sale going on...
3. Talk About Your All-Time Backfires
"It seemed like a good idea at the time..."
It wasn't.
Texas woman sets snake on fire, snake sets her house on fire
The woman was frightened by a snake outside her house, so she doused it with gas and had her son set it on fire. That plan didn’t work out so well.
By Michael Walsh / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
A woman and her son in Texarkana, Texas set fire to a snake, which set
fire to some brush, which set fire to their house, and the one next
door.
4. Speaking of Wacky Animals Stories
5. The New P-S-3?
See what I did there? Get it? By the way, I would be nasty at this game. I've got amazing control of my stream...
Forget everything you know about using the restroom at minor league
baseball games. The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Class AAA affiliate of
the Philadelphia Phillies, are bringing urinal gaming to the United
States when they open their season this April. The systems will be in
all men's restrooms at the IronPigs' park. Sorry ladies, you're surely
devastated.
Here's how the wall toilets entertain, uh, patrons, according to the IronPigs' press release:
6. Panty Wars
I'm sorry, just cause a few parents have raised lil skanks, why should the rest of the world suffer.
March 27, 2013 5:54 PM
BOSTON (CBS) – Brightly colored underpants in neon and pastels have
phrases like “call me,” “sun kissed,” and “now or never” across the
front or back.
You can find them on the shelves at Victoria’s Secret, and that’s what has some parents protesting and boycotting the store.
“She sees Victoria’s Secret and she wants to go in because all of her friends are wearing it,” said Marissa Morales about her 13-year-old daughter. “Not in my house.”
Some say the thongs are marketed toward “tween” girls and an online petition has been set urging the chain to pull the thongs off shelves.
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A
disabled man who spent more than half an hour trapped in Disneyland’s
“It’s a Small World” ride in 2009 has won $8,000 in damages from the
amusement park, the man’s lawyer said Tuesday.
Jose Martinez, a resident of San Pedro (Los Angeles County) who is in early 50s, was stuck in the “Goodbye Room” when the ride broke down the day after Thanksgiving in 2009, said David Geffen, a Santa Ana attorney.
Disneyland employees evacuated other riders but had no way to help Martinez, who is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair, Geffen said.
Martinez suffers from panic attacks and high blood pressure, both of which became an issue as he sat in the boat, the “Small World” song playing over and over and over, Geffen said.
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No shit. It really is like something out of a horror film. Stuck in there with that song looping over and over again. I'm surprised the dude didn't kill himself.
8. Flashback of the Week
Thanks to kotke.org for unearthing this amazing video from 1995 showing "how the internet works"... of course, they conveniently left out all the porn that was happening, but that's neither here nor there. Also was a little confused that there was no mention of Al Gore... hm...
Image by Christophe Gilbert
Earworms can be altogether frustrating. Those songs (or snippets of songs) remain lodged in your head despite your best efforts at purging them (“Friday” and “Call Me Maybe” are repeat offenders). However a story in yesterday’s British newspaper The Telegraph offers some hope for the afflicted. The paper sites the research of Dr. Ira Hyman, a music psychologist at Western Washington University. Following extensive studies, the doctor indicates that the key is to devote one’s mind to something somewhat challenging, and while Sudoku puzzles had some beneficial effect, anagrams proved to yield optimal results. So if “Gangnam Style” has you down, just click here to clean your mind.
4. What's His Line?
Answer: Weird, Maniacal Music Genius.
5. Gayageum Style
She's got game.
6. And In Other Hendrix News
Inside the Izabella recording session...
7. While the Biebs is Away
His degenerate posse will play!
Justin Bieber's
Calabasas mansion was the backdrop for a rager last week, where the
beer was flowing and marijuana smoke was permeating the singer's home
... and the only thing missing was Justin.
TMZ obtained these pictures, taken at the tail end of the party. The bash was thrown by none other than Lil Twist, the dude who was seen smoking it up with Justin earlier this year.
We're told Twist and another friend -- who were staying in the house while Justin was in Europe -- invited 40 girls to the house on March 19. They also invited a few guys.
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Twist is the same dude who was driving Justin's Ferrari January 1 when he got stopped for speeding and a photog was struck and killed by another vehicle as he shot the traffic stop.
And Twist was also the guy who drove Justin's Fisker into cement poles at a liquor store earlier this month ... and then took off, leaving the whip behind.
The knife springs open with a satisfying snap.
Matt Lauer, the co-host of the Today show, turns it over in his hand, marveling at the blade.
“Come to papa!” he says.
Sitting at his glass-topped desk on the morning-show set, Lauer, meticulously outfitted in a green-gray plaid suit and a burnt-orange tie, has asked the crew for props for a segment on new TSA rules allowing small knives on commercial airliners. A crewman offered up this specimen from his belt holster.
“You know how long it is?” inquires a producer who sits alongside Lauer with a sheaf of notes.
“It’s long enough to get right to your heart, is what it is,” says Lauer.
I casually try snapping a picture with my phone.
“Whoa!” Lauer yells, suddenly serious, pulling back the knife with the reflexes of a practiced fighter. For a moment, he seems unsettled. “Here’s Matt with a switchblade,” says Lauer, imagining the caption. “Great.”
If Matt Lauer doesn’t want to be seen with sharp knives, it’s because last summer his co-host Ann Curry was discovered with one in her back.
After “Star Wars” opened, in 1977, Lucas had sought refuge in Hawaii, and it was on the beach there that he first pitched Spielberg the idea for a film that would recapture the rollicking adventures and Orientalist locales of the matinee serials of Lucas’s youth. Spielberg, who had already enjoyed huge success with “Jaws,” was interested. Having enlisted Kasdan to write the script, they assembled in a little house in Sherman Oaks that belonged to Lucas’s assistant, and, over several days, concocted the film.
Lucas walked into the meeting with an outline of the story, but he wanted to flesh it out with his writer and director. In the transcript, he begins by articulating a recipe for the contemporary blockbuster: the picture will consist of one big set piece after another.
“And each cliffhanger is better than the one before,” Spielberg adds, warming to the idea. “What we’re doing here, really, is designing a ride at Disneyland.”
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It seems like college basketball's postgame celebrations get all the attention,
but this season has brought some seriously wacky sideline celebrations
as well. Join us as we count down the best dances, faces, and air guitar
players of this season.
My personal favorite:
. 6: GONZAGA. Now this bro knows his way around a Fender.
2. And in other NCAA news..
These fans are all losers..
3. Bringing TV What It's Been Lacking
A "White Guy's" point of view..
Doug Gottlieb has always had a reputation for being one of the
more awkward personalities in sports, and he did his very best to live
up to that reputation on Thursday night.
Sitting alongside Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley during a CBS studio show yesterday, Gottlieb opted to introduce himself to the panel like this: "Cream rising to the crop. I don't know why you guys asked me, I'm just here to bring diversity to the set here. Give the kind of white man's perspective on things from the point guard position."
Barkley and Smith, two guys used to saying mildly outrageous things during their NBA show, laughed the comment off. Gumbel and Anthony appeared visibly uncomfortable, but neither really reacted much one way or the other.
4. Manny Not Being Manny
In case you were wondering whatever happened to our favorite wacky baseball player.. he's in Taiwan, still doing his thing.. But the best part of it all, is how two particular fans, who were obviously eagerly awaiting his arrival, laid out the welcome mat.
(That's actually Phillies Pitcher Johnny Cueto..but hey, it's a dude with dreds.. close enough!)
5. Urine Trouble
Good to see some women who are just as sick and twisted as us guys. It's a brave new world....
By Cameron Smith | Prep Rally – Mon, Mar 25, 2013 11:43 AM EDT
Here's how the wall toilets entertain, uh, patrons, according to the IronPigs' press release:
When a user approaches the urinal, the video console flips into gaming mode, using patented technology that detects both his presence and stream. Algorithms then allow the user to engage with the screen by aiming in different directions to test their agility and knowledge.Just make sure to not get too enthusiastic testing your "agility and knowledge" if you're wearing light-colored pants.
6. Panty Wars
I'm sorry, just cause a few parents have raised lil skanks, why should the rest of the world suffer.
Parents Outraged Over Victoria’s Secret Racy New Lingerie Line
By Christina Hager, WBZ-TV
March 27, 2013 5:54 PM
BOSTON (CBS) – Brightly colored underpants in neon and pastels have
phrases like “call me,” “sun kissed,” and “now or never” across the
front or back.You can find them on the shelves at Victoria’s Secret, and that’s what has some parents protesting and boycotting the store.
“She sees Victoria’s Secret and she wants to go in because all of her friends are wearing it,” said Marissa Morales about her 13-year-old daughter. “Not in my house.”
Some say the thongs are marketed toward “tween” girls and an online petition has been set urging the chain to pull the thongs off shelves.
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P.S. What's the point of writing "call me" on the front of a thong. If we've already gotten that far, is a phone call really necessary? Let's see how it all plays out before we set up another date, know what I'm sayin?
7. 8 Grand Is Not Nearly Enough
Man trapped in ‘It’s a Small World’ wins suit
Jose Martinez, a resident of San Pedro (Los Angeles County) who is in early 50s, was stuck in the “Goodbye Room” when the ride broke down the day after Thanksgiving in 2009, said David Geffen, a Santa Ana attorney.
Disneyland employees evacuated other riders but had no way to help Martinez, who is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair, Geffen said.
Martinez suffers from panic attacks and high blood pressure, both of which became an issue as he sat in the boat, the “Small World” song playing over and over and over, Geffen said.
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No shit. It really is like something out of a horror film. Stuck in there with that song looping over and over again. I'm surprised the dude didn't kill himself.
8. Flashback of the Week
Thanks to kotke.org for unearthing this amazing video from 1995 showing "how the internet works"... of course, they conveniently left out all the porn that was happening, but that's neither here nor there. Also was a little confused that there was no mention of Al Gore... hm...
--MUSIC NEWS--
1. Full Show Friday
And speaking of kotke (thought it's not the same one, I don't think) .. found this little gem thanks to my youtube recommendation list... I have the sbd's of this show, and it's great to see it in action. Especially when Uncle Leo goes into storytime mode... classic. Let's take a mid-blog break to pump some tunes shall we?
2. Hey Radiohead Fans
And you call Phish dorks?
3. They Found A Cure!
For those pesky "earworms." You know, when you hear that crappy song and it gets stuck in your head? Here's how you get rid of it... Though I will say, my technique has never failed. I just go to youtube and watch this.. because it immediately gets stuck in your head and is 100% better than any tune that it is replacing.
How To Eliminate Those Pesky Earworms
Earworms can be altogether frustrating. Those songs (or snippets of songs) remain lodged in your head despite your best efforts at purging them (“Friday” and “Call Me Maybe” are repeat offenders). However a story in yesterday’s British newspaper The Telegraph offers some hope for the afflicted. The paper sites the research of Dr. Ira Hyman, a music psychologist at Western Washington University. Following extensive studies, the doctor indicates that the key is to devote one’s mind to something somewhat challenging, and while Sudoku puzzles had some beneficial effect, anagrams proved to yield optimal results. So if “Gangnam Style” has you down, just click here to clean your mind.
4. What's His Line?
Answer: Weird, Maniacal Music Genius.
5. Gayageum Style
She's got game.
6. And In Other Hendrix News
Inside the Izabella recording session...
7. While the Biebs is Away
His degenerate posse will play!
Justin Bieber's
Calabasas mansion was the backdrop for a rager last week, where the
beer was flowing and marijuana smoke was permeating the singer's home
... and the only thing missing was Justin.TMZ obtained these pictures, taken at the tail end of the party. The bash was thrown by none other than Lil Twist, the dude who was seen smoking it up with Justin earlier this year.
We're told Twist and another friend -- who were staying in the house while Justin was in Europe -- invited 40 girls to the house on March 19. They also invited a few guys.
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And in case you're wondering, this dude is a good friend..
Twist is the same dude who was driving Justin's Ferrari January 1 when he got stopped for speeding and a photog was struck and killed by another vehicle as he shot the traffic stop.
And Twist was also the guy who drove Justin's Fisker into cement poles at a liquor store earlier this month ... and then took off, leaving the whip behind.
8. Finally!
--TV/MOVIE NEWS--
1. Lauer Power?
Or lack thereof.. If you watch the Today Show, and like seeing train wrecks in action, than this epic, sprawling piece is for you.
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(Photo: Gillian Laub)
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Matt Lauer, the co-host of the Today show, turns it over in his hand, marveling at the blade.
“Come to papa!” he says.
Sitting at his glass-topped desk on the morning-show set, Lauer, meticulously outfitted in a green-gray plaid suit and a burnt-orange tie, has asked the crew for props for a segment on new TSA rules allowing small knives on commercial airliners. A crewman offered up this specimen from his belt holster.
“You know how long it is?” inquires a producer who sits alongside Lauer with a sheaf of notes.
“It’s long enough to get right to your heart, is what it is,” says Lauer.
I casually try snapping a picture with my phone.
“Whoa!” Lauer yells, suddenly serious, pulling back the knife with the reflexes of a practiced fighter. For a moment, he seems unsettled. “Here’s Matt with a switchblade,” says Lauer, imagining the caption. “Great.”
If Matt Lauer doesn’t want to be seen with sharp knives, it’s because last summer his co-host Ann Curry was discovered with one in her back.
BAM!
2. Gus Talks Shop
Another awesome random roles, this time focusing on Giancarlo Esposito.. aka Gus Fring.. aka "that dude" for those of you who don't watch Breaking Bad.
Also forgot he was in Smoke, which is one I haven't seen in years, but need to watch again. Nice thoughts on that and "Blue in the Face" here.
But Blue In The Face came out of a conversation. Wayne, myself,
and Paul were talking about the cigar shop and how there was so much
spontaneity going on within the scripted writing that he thought, “We
should make another movie just about the cigar shop.” And that’s how Blue In The Face
came up. We discussed it, and I said, “I think it’d be a great idea to
hang out for a couple of days and do just improvisation.” So he talked
to Harvey, and we got four days tacked on to the film, and we just
riffed. It was a highlight of my career.
3. ZzZzzzzzz
Another World War Z trailer is out.. still can't decide if this will be worth seeing, but this trailer is pretty badass.. These aren't your father's zombies, apparently.
4. Dueling Supercuts
Who is the better psycho?
or
Personally, I love Oldman, but I have to say, Pacino's "Glengary Glenn Ross" Highlights are just too good.
5. No Time For Love?
Make some time for this read, about the "brainstorming" process of Lucas, Spielberg, and Kasdan working up the Indiana Jones script. Cool stuff.
Spitballing Indy
Posted by Patrick Radden Keefe
After “Star Wars” opened, in 1977, Lucas had sought refuge in Hawaii, and it was on the beach there that he first pitched Spielberg the idea for a film that would recapture the rollicking adventures and Orientalist locales of the matinee serials of Lucas’s youth. Spielberg, who had already enjoyed huge success with “Jaws,” was interested. Having enlisted Kasdan to write the script, they assembled in a little house in Sherman Oaks that belonged to Lucas’s assistant, and, over several days, concocted the film.
Lucas walked into the meeting with an outline of the story, but he wanted to flesh it out with his writer and director. In the transcript, he begins by articulating a recipe for the contemporary blockbuster: the picture will consist of one big set piece after another.
“And each cliffhanger is better than the one before,” Spielberg adds, warming to the idea. “What we’re doing here, really, is designing a ride at Disneyland.”
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Also found this amazing video linked in that article which I hadn't seen before..
6. In The Thrones
As we count down to the most anticipated hour of television I can ever remember.. a great read on Game of Thrones from Grantland...
Also of note:
And last but not least.. if unlike me, you DIDNT just rewatch both seasons in anticipation of Sunday, here's a refresher on where we left our main characters...
--SPORTS NEWS--
1. Madness Men
From our awkward air guitar correspondant...
Ranking the best college basketball sideline celebrations this season
Rubie Edmondson, USA TODAY Sports7:37p.m. EDT March 28, 2013
My personal favorite:
. 6: GONZAGA. Now this bro knows his way around a Fender.
2. And in other NCAA news..
These fans are all losers..
3. Bringing TV What It's Been Lacking
A "White Guy's" point of view..
Doug Gottlieb Says Wants to Bring the White Man’s Perspective to CBS, Quickly Apologizes (Video)
By Alex Groberman, Fri, March 29, 2013
Sitting alongside Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley during a CBS studio show yesterday, Gottlieb opted to introduce himself to the panel like this: "Cream rising to the crop. I don't know why you guys asked me, I'm just here to bring diversity to the set here. Give the kind of white man's perspective on things from the point guard position."
Barkley and Smith, two guys used to saying mildly outrageous things during their NBA show, laughed the comment off. Gumbel and Anthony appeared visibly uncomfortable, but neither really reacted much one way or the other.
4. Manny Not Being Manny
In case you were wondering whatever happened to our favorite wacky baseball player.. he's in Taiwan, still doing his thing.. But the best part of it all, is how two particular fans, who were obviously eagerly awaiting his arrival, laid out the welcome mat.
5. Urine Trouble
Good to see some women who are just as sick and twisted as us guys. It's a brave new world....
Missouri girls basketball rivalry marred by urine prank that leads to health scare
The Monett girls basketball team, which was reportedly victim of a urine prank — BeRecruited
A girls basketball rivalry in Missouri was the impetus for a
disgusting prank when members of the Cassville (Mo.) High squad
reportedly urinated in a cup and poured their liquid waste into a cooler
of drinking water used by the rival Monett (Mo.) High team
As reported by the Monett Times and Missouri TV network KY3, four members of the Cassville girls basketball team urinated in a cup before their team’s game against Monett. One of those four cups was then emptied into the Monett team’s drinking water container, which the squad used throughout its game, which was played on February 4.
6. Why Boston Sports Fans Are the Best
--And In Other News--
1. All Righty Then
It's been a while since he's really done much of anything of note, but good to see Jim Carrey's still got his comedy chops... There's just something about that guy making faces that cracks me up.
