Posts tagged super-bowl

This is Burning Man [Infographic]

Jul 30th

Posted by Gagekeemn in News

No comments

The history of Burning Man has always been a complex entity that has survived, nay, mutated over the years. And because of this, it has grown rapidly since its humble beginnings of a simple gathering on a beach.

…Very interesting, Flint, and timely. Larry
Harvey, Miss Kelly and I were in Washington
DC a month ago, and met the guy that makes
these timeplots.com/ same concept. We discussed what it would be
like to make something for Burning Man. I’m
impressed with the information, and yes,
getting census data from our
“census” is like pulling teeth even
for us. But, it’s a volunteer project and a
labor of love for the Countess, so we must be
patient. One interesting point I wanted to
make about the population numbers for the
various festivals/gatherings. Coachella plays
differently regarding “population”
and unique visitors. Their population NEVER
reaches 200,000 for any one day. They don’t
have that capacity. Their capacity is in the
60-70K range. And, you can’t buy one day
tickets anymore, so their ticket sales might
be more than that, but there is a capacity
issue. For Coachella the released media
number is a population number that is
“accumulated” for all three days of
the event. If one was to do math like that
for…

Read this article:
This is Burning Man [Infographic]

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Man Converts Truck into Meth Lab

Jul 16th

Posted by Jane in News

No comments

A New Mexico man seems to have thought to himself “Hmm, how can I make my meth lab even more dangerous than it already is?” That might be why police say he packed it into a stolen pickup truck and took his meth-making show on the road.

More here:
Man Converts Truck into Meth Lab

, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Battle of the Sexes: Judging The 8 Most Iconic Bras Ever Wor

Jul 6th

Posted by stim37 in News

No comments

You know how people always bitch about science taking time out of its day to solve inconsequential problems while a cure for cancer is still nowhere in sight? Well this is a lot like that. Instead of using this prime comedy real estate to shed light on one of the many issues currently plaguing our great nation, Cracked is talking titties.

…we’re here to talk about that machine gun bra.
Obviously, this get-up is a nod to Madonna’s cone bra, except that instead of wrapping her bazonkas in harmless geometric shapes, Lady GaGa has straight weaponized them. And in the timeless battle between supporting undergarments that discharge projectiles from the nipple region, bullets trump frosting any day of the week, twice on Sunday. You just don’t bring whipped cream to a bra battle, any veteran will tell you that. They’d also tell you that the Y strap coupled with the outside straps are an efficient way to support those twin murder machines and that overall this bra is probably really effective in the killing department. I wouldn’t be surprised if the military adopts it to fight terrorists. Katy’s squirt party is laughable in comparison. Bullets win.
Round One - Wild Card Division
Madonna’s Cone Bra vs. Devendra Banhart’s Man Bra

Kristi: So let’s start by Amy Winehousing this picture. I get gaggy just looking at that ratty tangle of awful on his…

Visit link:
Battle of the Sexes: Judging The 8 Most Iconic Bras Ever Wor

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Umm, why was a James #6 jersey in the Chicago Bulls store?

Jul 2nd

Posted by jos in News

No comments

A lot of Cleveland fans were probably wondering that today if they happened to browse the Chicago Bulls jerseys at NBAStore.com. There with all the rest of them was a red #6 Bulls jersey with James on the back. WTF?

…6 jersey there with all of the others.

Now, the actual product page itself. I had to shrink the picture to get it to fit here and lo and behold I couldn’t get a screenshot of the enlarged version of the jersey because the product page was deleted literally as I’m typing this. Wow.
Anyway, here is the screenshot of the product page:

During the small window of time that I had, I enlarged the image and saw that it said James on the back, clear as day. I guess you’ll just have to trust me.
Now let’s look at what this could mean.
First off, I have no clue how long that product has been listen in the NBA store. It might have been in there for weeks as a way for the Bulls and NBA to capitalize on the LeBron frenzy.
However, wouldn’t you think that teams like the Knicks would have a James…

Visit link:
Umm, why was a James #6 jersey in the Chicago Bulls store?

Possibly related posts:

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

10 Funniest Skits in the History of Chappelle’s Show [vids]

Jun 22nd

Posted by kendra19 in News

No comments

Too bad this show was only around for two full seasons. Brilliant, hilarious stuff.

…II
This is perhaps the most famous and oft-quoted skit from Chappelle’s Show. Watch it, bitch.

5 Trading Spouses
Few aspects of Chappelle’s Show make me laugh as mucha as when Dave Chappelle impersonates a white guy. The brilliance of this skit is a) the idea, and then b) how brilliantly it is executed. Sure, it takes stereotypes to the extreme, but do you really think it would be all that different if they did this in real life?

6 Tyrone Biggums Fear Factor
All of the Tyrone Biggums skits are funny, but I liked this one of the best because I thought it was the most clever.

7 Reparations 2003
Another skit with Dave impersonating a white guy. Money.

8 Samuel L. Jackson Beer
It’s get you drunk! Pay special attention at the end when Dave (as Sam Jackson) dives mouth first into the bowl of peanuts and takes a huge mouthful. I don’t know why, but this gets me every time.

9 The Wayne Brady Show
I think this skit is somewhat overrated because it drags a bit, but the idea is brilliant and both Brady and…

Follow this link:
10 Funniest Skits in the History of Chappelle’s Show [vids]

Possibly related posts:

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , , ,

Wide Receiver Steve Smith Breaks Arm Playing Flag Football

Jun 22nd

Posted by nimbyx in News

No comments

Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith broke his left arm playing flag football with kids and underwent surgery to insert a small plate and screws. It’s the same arm that Smith broke last year.

…Steve Smith, despite Panthers’ reliance on DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, is a critical component to Carolina’s success. Him getting hurt, and thus not getting on the same page with quarterbacks Matt Moore and/or Jimmy Clausen early in the season, would be seriously detrimental thing.

A thing that, according to Chris Mortensen, happened Sunday.

Mort tweeted that Smith broke his left arm playing flag football with kids and underwent surgery to insert a small plate and screws. It’s the same arm that Smith broke last year.

The potential good news (if there is any) is that Smith was reportedly playing with the kids at his football camp — on Father’s Day no less — and not, you know, riding a motorcycle at high speeds around Charlotte. Or something equally dumb that professional athletes occasionally find themselves doing.

However, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio’s hearing that Smith wasn’t playing in a youth camp scrimmage and that, instead, he was playing the championship game of an adult flag…

More here:
Wide Receiver Steve Smith Breaks Arm Playing Flag Football

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , , ,

Interview with TAL’s Ira Glass and On Being Wrong

Jun 12th

Posted by Gagekeemn in News

No comments

Every episode of the radio show This American Life has, host Ira Glass suggests, “a crypto-theme.” There’s whatever the story appears to be about–the financial crisis, evangelical Christianity, cryogenics–and then there’s what it’s actually about. And what it’s actually about is, as often as not, wrongness.

…And Errol is like “I DOUBT WHETHER WE KNOW OURSELVES, AND THE ACT OF BEING INTERVIEWED IS AN ACT OF ASSERTING A SELF WHICH WE HOPE IS TRUE.” Seriously, every answer is like this. I’m like, “I just think it’s really swell being interviewed!” And he’s like “THERE IS NO SELF.”
But anyway, afterward, they contacted Errol and me to ask if we would say our quotes into a microphone for the book on tape. Errol said “Sure,” and then when he saw one of the quotes, he said, “No, I meant the opposite of this. I may have said these words, but I actually meant the opposite.” This happened at the very last minute and it was really hard to figure out what to do, because it was a really beautiful quote, and then there’s Errol saying that it’s wrong, that he doesn’t stand by. And then Klosterman has to write around that, and it’s all in the chapter and it’s fascinating. But I don’t know why I’m wasting your time on this.
You’re not wasting my time. I think this struggle to get other people right is fascinating, and I’m…

See the original post here:
Interview with TAL’s Ira Glass and On Being Wrong

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Roethlisberger: ‘I was dumb, young and immature’

Jun 12th

Posted by kendra19 in News

No comments

A contrite Ben Roethlisberger said he got caught up in being a caricature called Big Ben, not the grounded player and person he once was, leading to his off-field problems and affecting his play as the Steelers quarterback….whatever you say Benny Boy

…Funny how ‘concerned’ that woman’s (not girl, she’s in her 20s) friends were, they feared for her, yet did NOTHING, nice to have friends like that. Surely the club had some sort of security (bouncers and such). Those so-called friends said they saw her taken to that room/restroom, and DID NOTHING. Too drunk probably. All they had to do was tell SOMEONE at the club that they held all that ‘fear’ for their so-called friend. If good ole ben (lower case intended) needed a body guard to go to a club, he didn’t need to be there. Anyhow, set up or not, false accusations or not, the league should penalize good ole ben a bunch, then the steelers should impose a harsher penalty for embarrassing his employers. The rooneys seem a honorable bunch, at least the rest of the nfl owners and etc say so. Honorable men insist that honorable behavior be carried on my their employees. I thought that nfl players undergo intelligence and psychological testing BEFORE they even practice. If youre THAT stupid like some, you deny your…

View original post here:
Roethlisberger: ‘I was dumb, young and immature’

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Big 10, Pac 10 add crazy/colorful Bo Pelini, Dan Hawkins

Jun 11th

Posted by nimbyx in News

No comments

Bo Pelini and Dan Hawkins coach DIVISION 1 FOOTBALL, BROTHER! And now they’ll bring their intense styles to new conferences after Nebraska moved to the Big 10 and Colorado moved to the Pac 10.

…Now, however, this drill sergeant legacy has been replaced by politicians like Jim Tressel, douchenozzles like Rich Rodriguez, old guys who can’t remember where they are like Joe Paterno, and men who think they are cheerleaders like Tom Clap, Clap, Clap Crean.
Something had to be done, and Bo Pelini is the right man to do it, as the following video and pictures prove:

Image source: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images via Zimbio.com
Image source: DawgSports.com
Image source: John F. Rhodes / DMN Photo Staff via DentonRC.com
Image source: Deadspin
Hmm not really sure what to say about that last picture. Let’s just say that most people who wear Cleveland Indians clothing look or at least act like that.
Moving on.
Nebraska wasn’t the only member of the former Big 12 (now technically Big 10, but not that Big 10 who is now technically the Big 12, but not that Big 12 AHHHH!!! I said I was going to stop! We’ll all go insane!) to move. Colorado and football coach Dan Hawkins will now be doing a lot more flying left to the…

Read more from the original source:
Big 10, Pac 10 add crazy/colorful Bo Pelini, Dan Hawkins

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , ,

Which Chicago Sports Team Will End Its Title Drought Next?

Jun 11th

Posted by zanx in News

No comments

Last night, the Blackhawks ended a 49-year Stanley Cup drought. Which of Chicago’s sports droughts – some now short and one in particular obviously VERY long – will be the next to come to an end?

…terrible months of baseball in which the AL Central’s expected best starting rotation has sucked beyond belief.
With vets like Mark Buehrle and Paul Konerko aging and probably on their way out the door, plus a lot of money tied up in the pitiful Jake Peavy and resurgent though untrustworthy Alex Rios, plus the struggles of guys like Gordon Beckham, Carlos Quentin, and Gavin Floyd, plus a depleted Minor League system well, things don’t exactly look all that bright on the South Side.
So let’s just skip to the next section. I can’t think of any compelling reason why the White Sox will be Chicago’s next champion, other than the randomness of baseball.
Why they’ll be last:
Read the previous section. Can you tell I’m not a real optimistic White Sox fan right now?
Final Verdict:
The White Sox have a lot of work to do to get themselves back into contention, but the reality of baseball is that if the White Sox veteran pitchers can return to form next year, if they can add a strong bat or two, and if Ozzie Guillen can…

Read more from the original source:
Which Chicago Sports Team Will End Its Title Drought Next?

Possibly related posts:

, , , , , , , , ,
« Older Entries