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Nah Right talks about Drake‚Äôs Thank Me Later sales. It reportedly sold sold 462,989 copies. Hype is a helluva drug. It clouds the judgement of rappers, fans and critics alike. It can also hurt just as much as it can … Continue reading →

IGN gave Transformers: War for Cybertron a 9 out of 10. Seems like a good Transformers game shouldn’t have taken this long, but it’s good to know one exists now. I would put on headphones and play for ten or … Continue reading →

J. Cole’s “Who Dat” video. Great song, great video. In his 106 and Park interview he says he’s one song away from finishing the album and there’s currently no featured artists—most great debut albums seem to have few or no … Continue reading →

The origins of “my bad.”. Another link related to Manute Bol—he may have originated the phrase and definitely helped popularize it. Says Arneson, “I first heard the phrase here in the Bay Area when Bol joined the Golden State Warriors … Continue reading →

Rest in peace Manute Bol. Here’s SportsCenter’s video remembrance. Here’s a picture of Manute Bol swimming, which will probably be the most interesting pictures you see today. And here’s Charles Barkley pulling a prank on him.

Ron Artest – ‘Champions’. I’ll never listen to this again, but it’s more competent than I would’ve imagined. Really I just wanted to post an older song of his which is as incompetent as I expected: Ron Artest – ‘Workout’. … Continue reading →

‘The D.E.N.N.I.S System’ episode of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is available on Hulu right now. During season five, there was an impressive stretch of five or six straight great episodes. The first seven minutes is entertaining every time.

Here’s Roger Ebert’s Toy Story 3 review. He gave it 3 out of 4 stars: I expect its target audience will love it I don’t like reading reviews before watching movies (but I’ll look at the star rating) so that’s … Continue reading →

CBS Sports signed Steve Nash to cover the World Cup. They made a commercial showing Steve Nash being delivered to the World Cup. In a cardboard box.

This is a few weeks old, but ESPN has a great series of short videos with people who scored in World Cup finals talking about their goal—aptly titled I scored a goal in the FIFA World Cup final.

In 2006, Kix and the City interviewed Kevin Wildes. Now he’s an ESPN SportsNation producer and a regular on Bill Simmons’s podcast, typically presenting great half-baked ideas such as The Michael Jordan Channel and a physical WWE Hall of Fame. … Continue reading →

The last two weeks have been really good for music. J. Cole kept it going with two recent tracks (these are YouTube links): Higher and The Last Stretch. Can you ponder? Imagine what my s–t gonna sound like, if I … Continue reading →

Drake article in The Seattle Times. The best verse on “Thank Me Later” is the most direct one, from belligerent tough-talker Nicki Minaj on “Up All Night.” She follows Drake’s conceptual, complicated brags with 100 percent attitude: “F___k I look … Continue reading →

The UnMuseum: What Happened to the Brontosaurus?. Thousands of children knew this dinosaur by that name. It even appeared as the symbol of a major oil company and starred as one of four ancient, extinct reptiles featured on U.S. postal … Continue reading →

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 gameplay videos. Sold! Update: On second thought, the gameplay looks great but the models look kind of lifeless. It looks like they were pulled out of a Playstation 1 FMV. Maybe it’ll grow on me. I … Continue reading →

(NSFW?) Gruesome Work Safety Video. I didn’t look into this too much but apparently it’s a real work safety video showing what can happen if you don’t follow safety precautions. Oh yeah, it’s also hilarious.

IGN gave Super Mario Galaxy 2 a 10 out of 10. But IGN always gives out padded scores. Well, Gamespot gave it the same score. For reference, here are the other games that have received a 10 from Gamespot: Grand … Continue reading →

Nike Soccer’s Write the Future commercial. Nike keeps killing it. Think of the Leave Nothing (American) football commercials except less serious and more entertaining. (Thanks Junior!)

Terrence Jones signs financial aid package with Kentucky. From what I understand, he has until classes start to change his mind. I imagine UW’s only chance to get him now is if Calipari jumps to the NBA.

Mayweather goes nowhere without A.1 – NYPOST.com. New York Post: When they were served their well-done steaks, Mayweather’s brother asked if the restaurant had any A.1. The server said no, but a bottle of A.1. was instantly produced from Floyd’s … Continue reading →

Mikhail Prokhorov’s statement to New Jersey Nets fans. I know that’s who it’s to because he starts it with, “Hello Nets fans.” He prefaces his championship ambitions with “If everything goes as planned.” I have a sneaking suspicion that the … Continue reading →

Vegas Dream Projects and Failed Renderings. Found this through Wikipedia’s list of proposed Las Vegas casinos that never opened. Here’s the only one that matters: One of the concepts for the large property directly across I-15 from the Mandalay Bay … Continue reading →

Time Out New York lists the 30 best summer blockbusters ever. I guess I can’t speak for the movies before, say, 1990 since an essential part of experiencing a summer blockbuster is watching it in the theater that summer. Only … Continue reading →

Drake performing a verse from ‘You Know, You Know’. (Via Nah Right.) Yeah, and you can spare me all the accolades, I’m the reason you can find my city on the atlas page. Half a million dollars later and my … Continue reading →

You can now drag and drop images to embed them into Gmail messages in Google Chrome. Now it’ll be even easier to send sets of stupid captioned pictures to my friends! (I re-read that previous sentence and I sound sarcastic … Continue reading →

Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Map Pack scheduled for June 3. I haven’t been playing anything the past couple of weeks, but I was playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 instead of MW2. My guess is I’ll end up buying this map … Continue reading →

Kevin Wildes on the B.S. Report (ESPN Flash Player | MP3). Simmons and Wildes discuss more half-baked ideas, including intentional body odor as an advantage in basketball, methods for shortening MLB games, and a physical WWE hall of fame. While … Continue reading →

The Human Centipede review by Roger Ebert: I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? … Continue reading →

Machete Movie Trailer. I was excited for this when it was announced that the Grindhouse trailer was going to be turned into a full length film. I didn’t know Jessica Alba was in it. Now I’m more excited. (Thanks Laura.)

Mario Crossover. Play as your favorite NES character in Mario’s world. You’ll be entertained for at least a couple of minutes. And I’m guessing you’ll pick the guy from Contra first.

Montage of idiots, as seen on TV! If you’re familiar with infomercials, a lot of them have a clip of someone doing something idiotic to justify why everyone needs this product right away. “Does your cat make too much noise?”

Hulu announces Hulu Plus. LA Times: Under the proposal, Hulu would continue to provide for free the five most recent episodes of shows like Fox’s “Glee,” “ABC’s “Lost” or NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” But viewers who want to see additional … Continue reading →

Marvel’s Chris Baker on selecting MvC3 characters: “There are absolutely characters that will be much more relavent in the next few years and you want to get them in there, there are characters that have become a lot more popular … Continue reading →

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Announced. Yes.

Dave Chappelle at the Laugh Factory. That links to a clip where he talks about Man rape. Here’s a clip from the same night where he talks about The Secret. These are from a five-hour performance this past fall. Can’t … Continue reading →

The first dude bro ever. A guy in a shirt and hoodie in a sea of fedoras.

“I Will Always Love You” by Lin Yu Chun. Prepare for your head to explode.

Macworld iPad review. Kind of just testing the WordPress bookmarklet on the iPad. Seems to work alright. Just wanted to find a link to share but this review is really good. My quick impressions are that I’ll only be using … Continue reading →

I hate the internet on April fools day because articles need to ne really clever to be slightly funny and most aren’t. I like the spirit of it though. Here’s a good prank: College Humor put banners around New York … Continue reading →