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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:33:58 -0600

"A woman voting for John McCain would be like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders."

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:55:12 -0600

““A woman voting for John McCain would be like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.””

- Cecile Richards

Aly & AJ Introduce Videogame Guitars for Girls

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:34:11 -0600

Aly & AJ Introduce Videogame Guitars for Girls

furman: I'm apparently unintentionally boycotting the dem convention

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:44:54 -0600

furman: I'm apparently unintentionally boycotting the dem convention
jmkdsmboy: what?
furman: I just keep forgetting about them
furman: I missed Kennedy being all "Lol I"m not dead!"
furman: And I missed Michelle Obama going "
furman: "Lol my husband's gon' be president!"
jmkdsmboy: also missing hilary doing her best fake happiness
furman: lol
furman: Watching it now
furman: Lmao
furman: "If we can blast 50 women in to space, we can blast one into the white house"
jmkdsmboy: where did that come from?
furman: Hillary's profile video
furman: The /b/tard in me wants to find a pic of the teacher who was on the challenger...
jmkdsmboy: oh shit
furman: Chelsea's kinda hot...

do want

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:39:34 -0600

do want

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Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:46:28 -0600

cajunboy: via spiegelman: Just for kicks, I thought I’d do a...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:57:59 -0600

cajunboy:

via spiegelman:

Just for kicks, I thought I’d do a side-by-side comparison of John McCain’s Sedona estate and the 57,000 square foot Aaron Spelling mansion in Holmby Hills, which is the biggest property I can think of in Los Angeles. McCain house (“one of seven”) on the left, Spelling mansion on the right.

Fair? Probably not. But whatever. Click pic to embiggen.

I wish i was going to PAX this year. via www.penny-arcade.com

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:31:18 -0600

I wish i was going to PAX this year.

via www.penny-arcade.com

Who I’m Voting For

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:47:45 -0600

Who I’m Voting For

"For the record, we also do that, so consider this an official announcement. All the instruments..."

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:42:08 -0600

“

For the record, we also do that, so consider this an official announcement.

All the instruments from Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution will be cross-compatible. In other words, welcome to the party. ;)

”

- Gamerscore Blog : Speaking of Instrument Compatibility…

"Cranberry with a hint of vodka? I am going to start following you."

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:07:42 -0600

“Cranberry with a hint of vodka? I am going to start following you.”

- Twitter / VividHugh: @jkizzlemurphy

The countdown has begun.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:50:57 -0600

The countdown has begun.

LittleBigPlanet won’t have PSN version This image makes me...

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:24:26 -0600

LittleBigPlanet won’t have PSN version

This image makes me want to buy a PS3.

lunchfood: randallb: [via 10 Best Animated Series Spun Off from...

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:50:02 -0600

lunchfood:

randallb:

[via 10 Best Animated Series Spun Off from Movies | SpoutBlog]

I suddenly feel 5 years older.

Logged into Myspace to check crap and wound up in some...

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:51:12 -0600

Logged into Myspace to check crap and wound up in some girl’s photo albums.

"And Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D.-San Francisco, is an investor in Pickens’s Clean..."

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:13:16 -0600

“And Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D.-San Francisco, is an investor in Pickens’s Clean Energy Fuels. As such, she stands to profit from the deal as well, effectively silencing the state and national Democratic Party on the issue”

- Greenwashing: T. Boone Pickens proves where there’s a drill, there’s a way

pop17: Lil Wayne’s Lollipop sounds great remade this blonde...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:04:55 -0600

pop17:

Lil Wayne’s Lollipop sounds great remade this blonde bombshell. Madison, is an upcoming New York musician on Myspace and YouTube.

I actually like this version better.

Eisbär beim Kacken - bildschirmarbeiter.com

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:04:07 -0600

Eisbär beim Kacken - bildschirmarbeiter.com

how are swimmers smashing so many world records?

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:09:44 -0600

dihard:

Have you noticed that every Olympic swim event is also a record smasher? It seems like every swimmer (and not just Phelps) is seconds ahead of the daunting green world record line, smashing it to smithereens. So how is all this smashing possible?

Tech Doping – The new Speedo LZR RACER suit, which was developed by scientists from NASA, “feels like a rocket coming off the wall,” said Phelps in a team interview. “The water just runs off the suit.” The suit has “ultrasonically welded” seams that mimics a shark skin, holds in the swimmer’s abdomen in the best position, allowing him to take in 5% more oxygen, and takes an athlete 30 minutes to get into. The suits are so powerful that US Swim Coach, Mark Schubert believed every swim record could be smashed at Beijing.

Pool Depth – The pool in Beijing, known as the “Water Cube,” is 3 meters deep, instead of the previous depth of 2 meters. This allows swimmers to dive deeper and continue their push off “dolphin kicks” for a longer period of time. Olympic medalist and commentator Rowdy Gaines says, “It’s just deep enough to where the waves dissipate (and) the turbulence dissipates down to the bottom.”

Pool Lanes – There are ten lanes in the Water Cube, instead of the usual eight, leaving the outside lanes open. This reduces turbulence and enables swimmers to go faster. “It’s by far the fastest pool in the world,” Gaines says.

Practice – Sponsorship for swimming has increased, which allows athletes to avoid retirement for longer, and thus practice more. Mark Spitz, the Olympic swimmer with the most gold medals before Phelps, retired at 22 after the Munich games due to his inability to make a living as an amateur athlete. Back then, the Olympics only allowed amateur athletes to compete. Phelps, on the other hand, is now 23 has an estimated annual earnings of $5 million, and will be awarded an extra $1 million dollar bonus from Speedo if he reaches or beats Spitz’s record.

Non-Tech Doping - Gary Hall Jr., previous Olympian 50-m freestyle champion, seems to think so. “Can suit technology distract from another issue?… I’m telling you this, I train with an international group of swimmers and all of them have stories and a few of them have had offers.” Hall likens today’s “blame it on the suit” situation to that of the ‘76 East German women’s Olympic swimming team. Though, he seems to be the only one speaking out about this so perhaps he’s just bitter he didn’t qualify for Beijing.

“Top Secret” Technology Math Tool - Professor Timothy Wei, of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., helped develop top-secret, state-of-the-art equipment and mathematical techniques that USA Swimming coaches have been using to help to make swimmers go faster. He uses water flow diagnostic technologies to see how each swimmers’ motion affects the flow of water. Learn more from (or become more confused by) this video.

I was seriously wondering about this as I keep get the NY Times BREAKING NEWS email alerts about this stuff.

nickdouglas: jeffrubinjeffrubin: This shit is TOO FUCKING...

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:17:15 -0600

nickdouglas:

jeffrubinjeffrubin:

This shit is TOO FUCKING ADORABLE for words.

I can’t write anything angry today, my heart crunched up like a soda can.

This totally made my day.