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ABC Nightline: Justin Bieber Fever. I definitely understand if you can’t stand his music—I probably would have hated it back when I thought there was a difference in “real” hip hop and Cage was my favorite rapper. But he seems … Continue reading →

Fitness Spotlight: Trainer Tells All – What I Have Learned About Health and Fitness. Long bulleted list of practical advice: Diet is 85% of where results come from‚Ķ..for muscle and fat loss. Many don‚Äôt focus here enough. The first big … Continue reading →

2004-2005: UW mens squad and the Dawg Pack react to the #1 seed. I love when the guy starts yelling “overrated” with J.J. Redick on the screen and gets to about “overra-” when WASHINGTON flashes on the screen and the … Continue reading →

SLAM: The 6 Coolest People in the NCAA Tournament. More like 6 people the guy likes, but one of them is Quincy Pondexter so I couldn’t care less what the title is: No offense to the floor general from Chicago … Continue reading →

Go read The Hunger Games. Yes, I’m linking to something I linked to a couple of weeks ago, but I need someone to talk to about it. Just finished Catching Fire, the second book, and also just found out that … Continue reading →

2007 “I remember” Kevin Garnett trade commercial. I wrote “anything is possible” in my previous post and immediately thought of his bewildering and fantastic post-game interview. And that reminded me of the commercial from the beginning of that season. Loved … Continue reading →

Predators official site. Sneak peek is up, trailer on Thursday! Robert Rodriguez won’t screw this up. And he really can’t, if you take into account expectations based on what the franchise has become. Alien vs. Predator set the bar so … Continue reading →

Serious Eats: Mobile Chowdown 3 roundup. Marination Mobile sets up shop about 7 minutes from where I work on Mondays. I think I’ll be making the weekly trek. As for Mobile Chowdown, I went to Mobile Chowdown 2 and was … Continue reading →

Sports Illustrated slideshow: Rare Photos of Charles Barkley. But certainly not rare occurrences—it opens with him eating some pizza.

Young Artists for Haiti “Wavin’ Flag”. Young (Canadian) Artists for Haiti. Looks like 40 people recording the chorus, but Drake gets his own verse whoooooo. Then Justin Bieber makes an appearance at the end in some dark studio. Actually, watching … Continue reading →

Pigeons might be better with the Monty Hall problem. I first read the Monty Hall problem in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Here’s a summary of the problem from Amazon: Imagine that you face three doors, … Continue reading →

Orlando Magic pre-game dunking. Eboy with some hangtime for a nice windmill (just ignore Rashard lifting him up), Carter with a nice two-handed 360, JJ getting up and double-pumping, and Gortat going between the legs (actually prety nice).

Actually, this Chicago Now post is a better look into the Handome Men’s Club skit: How Jimmy Kimmel pulled off “Handsome Men’s Club”. It’s funny, several of them were a little uncomfortable, like, “Just so you know, I don’t think … Continue reading →

New York Times Arts Beat: Secrets of the Handsome Men’s Club. Ms. McNearney said the skit, directed by Andy Fisher, was shot over seven or eight days, during which club members were mostly filmed one at a time. (Three handsome … Continue reading →

Eric Bischoff posted this on Facebook: “For what it is..yes. Allegedly WWE found out about a Lloyds of London policy that Bret had in effect AFTER setting up this match, and as a result Lloyds of London has to approve … Continue reading →

BS Report: Bill Simmons and Adam Carolla break down Fast and Furious. This is from April 20, 2009. I enjoyed listening this specific podcast three or four times when it was first released and I hadn’t even watched Fast and … Continue reading →

Biggie performing at the 1995 Source awards. P. Diddy opens the performance. I’ve been wanting to say something about him. A couple weeks ago I heard on the radio that P. Diddy said some things about being the first to … Continue reading →

Wired Reread. Theis S??ndergaard scans pages from old Wired issues and provides some great commentry. Someone needs to do this with old video game magazines. In high school, I loved grabbing one of the old EGMs in the house and … Continue reading →

The (Oscar-winning) Logorama guys are doing a Ghost Recon short. I look forward to it. (Via Kotaku.)

I was trying to watch Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Hulu last night and then a bunch of ripped dudes started asking if I wanted to see their d**k. The middle was bleeped out but I have a sneaking suspicious … Continue reading →

Roger Ebert gets his voice back. Here’s a description of what the company is doing, from that Esquire profile: Ebert spent all those years on TV, and he also recorded four or five DVD commentaries in crystal-clear digital audio. The … Continue reading →

Olympic athletes to rally in Seattle on Thursday. Apolo Ohno won’t be there since he’s appearing on the Tonight Show. I fondly remember logging onto Battle.net in 2002 for a few leisurely games of Starcraft. It was the day after … Continue reading →

Filipino Food: Off the Menu. Filipino chefs working at upscale restaurants in the L.A. area give their takes on why Filipino food hasn’t gone mainstream at all. Los Angeles Times: “It’s probably one of the least understood cuisines,” says Rodelio … Continue reading →

I started reading The Hunger Games today. First book in a trilogy. So far it’s good. I imagine it’s on the Teen Novels shelves, but and after finishing Green Mars I’m really really happy to have an easier read. I … Continue reading →

IGN: 5 Ways to Improve Modern Warfare 2’s Multiplayer. Of the five complaints, the map frequency resonates with me the most. I’ve grown to hate a lot of maps. There needs to be a preference system or a way to … Continue reading →

Deadspin’s been running a weekly post called Dead Wrestler of the Week, remembering wrestlers that have died. Most to overdoses or heart failures or a combination of both. This week: Miss Elizabeth. There began not just one love story for … Continue reading →

Piroshky Piroshky showed up on Serious Eats. A lot of my friends are big fans. As with most great food spots in Seattle, I’ve still never tried the place. But I’ve heard very, very good things.

New Zealand’s rugby team does the Haka before international matches. (Here’s the Haka of the All Blacks Wikipedia entry.) When Munster hosted the All Blacks at Thomond Park in November 2008, the four New Zealand players in the Munster team … Continue reading →

Female wolf spider with babies on board. Exactly what the title says. Instant top fiver for things I don’t want to see in a shower.

Speaking of Sesame Street guests, here’s Will Arnett on Sesame Street. Better if you imagine it as Gob on Sesame Street.

Roger Ebert blogged about his profile in Esquire. If you haven’t, make sure to read the Esquire profile. Cliches to describe it: heartbreaking and uplifting. But it’s interesting to read about Roger Ebert’s thoughts on the magazine article: I knew … Continue reading →

Oatmeal Brulee. Then the magic happens‚ÄîBona sprinkles a layer of brown sugar on top and whips out the flame saber. The smell of the just-charred crackly top is just as satisfying as the tap-tap-tap ritual (performed with their compostable corn-based … Continue reading →

MarsEdit 2. Mac blogging application. I tried MarsEdit and a few other blogging applications around Christmas 2008 when I first got my MacBook (best present ever, can’t say that enough), and for whatever reason I decided WordPress’s improved interface was … Continue reading →

Chris Brown and Elmo. Mostly just wanted to re-post this video because I just watched it again a couple weeks ago and it’s as good as it ever was. On a side note, it looks like Chris Brown might sign … Continue reading →

Anthony Bourdain on Yo Gabba Gabba. Plenty of odd guests on this show. Oh yeah, he plays a doctor and not a chef in the segment.

Ant lifting 100 times its weight. Great picture. (Via Gizmodo.)

Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris “Baby”. So very very catchy. Plus the video has a Drake cameo at 1:14. Once they do a song together, that’s a guaranteed #1 on iTunes/Billboard/my-heart and a retired video on TRL ten years ago. (Thanks, … Continue reading →

Usher “Nice & Slow” video. Watched this earlier and thought I remembered it. All I remember was the camera angle and him dancing with a shirt that fluttered around. I don’t remember the following great things: 0:27 – Definitely didn’t … Continue reading →