Cool Shit 5/1

Listen, I realize this story about the high potential for solar storm that could wipe out our electric grid has to be questioned, especially when it's found on shtfplan.com, but I'm not going to be the one that held information from all of you when it happens. Plus, it suggests 90% of the American population could die if this were to happen!

Also, I figured I'll link this trailer to a documentary called Urban Danger, as it will but the fear of Jesus in you even more!



Trying to answer the burning questions on top of everyone's minds, like what happened to Miss Cleo from the Psychic Hotline?

Cool concept cars that have been built over the years.

Donald Sterling joins a nice little group of people that have been banned for life from things. Mostly people fucking around on SNL.

Nice to see MIT putting some effort into the things that matter, like how to win at Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Links of Interest 1/13

A simple love story of two women getting married, while one is incarcerated.

Conan’s press release yesterday about his future plans. Stay classy, NBC.

I’m not sure many of you have even heard of the new comedy Blue Mountain State. I accidentally stumbled upon a “sneak” preview of it the other night, and got through about 10 minutes before I had to turn it off. This review does very well in explaining why.

I will say I did get a chuckle when I heard one of the creators goes by the name, “Romanski.” Too bad he couldn’t use the same cleverness in the show.

The band OK Go – of the famous treadmill video – are back at it again. Damn if these guys haven’t figured out the fucking pop culture landscape right now. I’m tempted to buy their album simply to support their future endeavors.

Is this a news intro or the opening to a Steven Bochco series? And I've got to see Greg Moody report - I hope he's still around.

The point is – WITI in Milwaukee has some fantastic openings for their news.

Director Eli Roth is coming out with a book about the business and his adventures in it. You can read an excerpt of it here.

Because I can. Bill Murray’s lounge act from SNL.

Sometimes it seems, people put more effort into the con then they would have to put into a legitimate life.

I’m not worried about the 30-50 foot sized ones that will most likely burn up in the atmosphere. I’m worried about the ones that require an oil rig crew to go up and destroy.

Trailer for the new HBO show Treme, about New Orleans’ musicians living in a post Katrina world.

No, this isn’t a deforested shot of Pandora. It’s Mars! (via mentalfloss)

Links of Interest 10/21

Interview with Willem Dafoe.

Sure, Saturday Night Live did a parody of it, but then it started to become a reality. But is there any advantage to adding blades to a razor?

Will we ever see the company Atari as truly visionary?

Buzz Bissinger, the guy who wrote Friday Night Lights (and who once accused me of stealing his jacket – long story), is not a fan of Moneyball.

A closer look at laugh tracks, by Chuck Klosterman.

Do you know why the north and south poles are different?

Asteroids, the arctic tundra and hovercrafts. Wasn’t this the plot for Kate Beckinsale’s last movie?

Here’s something I can get behind – letting children watch the right kind of television shows.

A list of the top 13 game show hosts. I’m gonna be honest – think this list is good. Recognizes some of the people you might not immediately think of (Chuck Barris) and shies away from throwing up some current guy just to be with the times. Might move Dawson up some, but hey, who am I? (via popcandy)

I love spiral staircases. I really want to install one in my house. Probably not one of these though. Unless I can get the Jesus one. (via mental floss)

Links of Interest 10/2

Water – it’s more important than you think.

Think you have the clear picture of Iranian beliefs? Think again.

Well, Letterman’s show was interesting last night.

Interview with filmmaker, Michael Moore.

Yearbook signatures are awesome. I might have to go back and look at some of my old ones.

Television can have a lasting effect on the people who are on it.

Not your average McDonalds down the street.

Top SNL characters of the 90s.

Just a nice little story about stealing organs from corpses.

So…what does it take to be a secret service agent?

Links of Interest 9/2

A fictional account about the problems of the rich – from Tom Wolfe.

Personal account from the Los Angeles fires.

So what do Koolaid pickles really taste like?

I mean, I guess if you have that many Legos at your disposal you do something like this, though it’s a little weak they framed it out with wood.

Why not make America New Hamsterdam?

Inventions being worked on right now that will surely be the cause of our demise.

Counterfeiting money isn’t that hard, as long as you have the time.

Two new women will join SNL this year.

These characters almost never made it to see the light of day.

That Larry David is a smart man.

Both of these guys are freaks.

Links of Interest 5/19

I’m not gonna tell you this doesn’t have a romantic notion to it. Obviously it rapidly becomes unromantic when faced with the reality of it. Especially, I’m assuming the daily debate of where to shit.

Though out of context, here’s a funny list of everything Tracy Morgan (Jordan) said on 30 Rock this season.

Quick music news… Radiohead is working on a new album, while Dangermouse is trying something different.

Talking to SNL’s Abby Elliot.

Scientists suggest there have been 5 big extinctions. Are we currently in the sixth?

A history of white people in rap. Calling it out as something special seems mildly racist, but who am I?

Huh, who would have thought mining in the mountains of Bolivia would be such a dangerous job?

Some of these explosions maybe shouldn’t be labeled “greatest,” (more like horrific) but I didn’t write it.

At first, this time lapse video of the Milky Way passing over Texas made me feel a bit of vertigo. But then the big event came to be. The Milky Way resembles many things. 2 came to mind immediately – one was a knife scar. The other, well I’ll let you decide.

Links of Interest 5/18

Take a look at how season 34 of SNL broke down.

Sure you might be an economics whiz, doesn’t mean you still don’t make mistakes.

Can an article really explain what makes us happy? Actually the article is about a study that is trying to figure it out. So I will amend my question: Can a study really explain what makes us happy?

My country would be so awesome.

Who says science can’t be fun? (Besides me.)

ok fine, so science really can be fun, as long as you can get funding for crackpot theories.

Sometimes bigger doesn’t always mean better. I will now stab myself in the stomach for using that cliché unironically.

It almost seems as though the term “biodegradable” doesn’t really mean anything.

Ok sure, so a hip hop special might not seem that big a deal to you – until you find out it’s from 1981.

I bet Moises Alou totally nodded to himself the entire time he read this.

Links of Interest 5/12

Welcome new people stopping by for the first time. I hope you stick around.

Go inside the head of Andy Samberg and his Motherlovers skit from Saturday.

Michael Emerson, he of creepy Ben fame, is interviewed.

And you thought a movie based on Monopoly was the dumbest idea you ever heard.

This is a weird little thing about The Usual Suspects. Writer and director had two completely different opinions about the movie they made.

I mean if times are really tough, you can haggle at the dollar store.

I predict Google’s great universal library will be come a reality, meet an untimely and unexpected demise, and then future generations will lament the loss of such great classics as The DaVinci Code and The Ruins.

I’ll be honest, I did not wake up today and think I would be typing the phrase, “funeral sex.” But I’m glad I did.

5 people that got the future right. At least somewhat.

Stopping the 2012 apocalypse. And no, the author isn’t suggesting to ignore it. That would be my solution.