Feb 06 2011
Regular Features-
Featured Essays for February 5, 2011-
Feb 06 2011
Not so many premiers. Shrek 3 for you Mike Myers fans.
You have some dangerous machinery for sale here; I think you’re beggin’ for trouble on this one.
Most of this stuff is old crap my dad left behind.
Doc! You have a table over there with a sign that says- “Laser Death Ray Bargain Bin!”
Later-
Oh, it must be dreamy to have a costumed nemesis. Chasing you… wringing his gloved hands in concern of your every move.
You’re kidding, right?
It just seems so romantic.
SNL– Dana Carvey and Linkin Park.
Boondocks– The Return of the King. The Venture Brothers– Tag Sale, You’re IT!.
Sweetie, isn’t that the guy from Depeche Mode?
Oh, no way! Where? Holy crap, he’s with a girl?
Oh yeah, that guy is totally straight. I saw a whole thing about him on the VH-1.
But he’s the guy from Depeche Mode! It’s impossible.
Straight.
Come on! He’s in Depeche Mode!
Feb 06 2011
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
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Feb 06 2011
Evening Edition is an Open Thread
| From Yahoo News Top Stories |
1 Protesters reject Egypt ruling party reshuffle
by Samer al-Atrush, AFP
1 hr 12 mins ago
| CAIRO (AFP) – Senior members of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party resigned on Saturday, but demonstrators staging a 12th day of anti-regime protests rejected the shuffle as a cosmetic measure.
The resignations came after Mubarak huddled with his new government for the first time on, and an official said that the country’s stock exchange would remain closed indefinitely as the stand-off continues. State television said the executive committee of the ruling National Democratic Party had resigned en masse. Among those stepping down was Mubarak’s son Gamal, once viewed as his heir apparent, state television reported. |
Feb 05 2011
Regular Daily Features:
Essays Featured Saturday, February 5th:
Alma takes a look back at some of the Brilliant essays we’ve had in our first year in the tooobz in Firefly Memories 1.0. Featured Today: Dreams of Living Off the Grid
come firefly-dreaming with me….
Feb 05 2011
HERE & THERE
The Sanyo Hotel in Yamaguchi, which was a favorite of “Japanese royals and high-ranking government officials,” is being torn down. Among the foreign luminaries to have stayed at the century-old inn were Babe Ruth and Helen Keller.
It was reported that a salon in Nagoya is offering a vitamin-rich intravenous drip to salarymen “as a quick way to get rid of work-induced fatigue.”
A company in Kobe has perfected a method of transforming old clothes into a wood-like substance it calls Rifmo. According to the company president, “You can saw and hammer a nail into it just like ordinary wood.”
Sony and Victor announced that they had developed the world’s first “full high-definition digital video cameras capable of taking 3-D moving images.”
Feb 05 2011
You will know how to root
Rachel reports how the history and financing of the Green Bay Packers makes it a unique team.
The Steelers Have Already Lost
by Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post
Posted: February 4, 2011 06:06 PM
WASHINGTON — As a Pittsburgh native it pains me to say this but here goes: Even if the Steelers win the Super Bowl, they’ve already lost.
Fate, fashion and their own faults combine to put the Steelers in a no-win situation in Sunday’s matchup with the Green Bay Packers.
The Steelers are the bad guys. There is nothing they can do about it. If they win, it’s because they are rotten and brutal, or so it will be said. If they lose, they will have deserved it, because they are rotten and brutal, or so it will be said.
Why? Well, let’s start where we must, with Big Ben. His actions last year in that Georgia college town — even though they didn’t result in criminal charges — are too awful for most of the country, and (still) for many people in Pittsburgh, to stomach. Where diehard Steelers fans see a brave quarterback, millions of others see a cowardly, spoiled kid who used his posse to assist his sexual predations.
Feb 05 2011
With Bissell Kitty Halftime Show.
And now your Pedigree Starting Line Up-
It’s time for that annual tradition we look forward to every year (umm, that’s what makes it annual), Puppy Bowl VII. Animal Planet will be running it in a continuous loop until 3 am, so if you miss any of the exciting action you’ll be able to catch up and you won’t look like a doofus tomorrow at the water cooler where I can almost assure you this will be a hot topic of conversation.
Among the things I notice from just that short clip is that they have fewer toys on the field which should make it a lot easier to follow and score. I had a problem with last year’s choice of MVP (Most Valuable Puppy) which I contend should have gone to the beagle that scored no less than 3 times and not Jake the Chihuahua/Pug no matter how fast he runs.
My favorite part is the Bissell Kitty Halftime Show.
This year they’re introducing a ‘Kiss Cam’ and the Bunny Cheerleaders have been replaced by Chickens. We’ll see how that works out.
So grab your nachos and beer and put your feet up in your Barcalounger and enjoy the thrill of this clash of bantams.
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