Funny/Not Funny

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EW.com (Entertainment Weekly) has come out with its list of the 25 Funniest People In America.  They are: 25. AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Burroughs’ best-selling memoir Running with Scissors — about being raised by a nutso shrink who studies his poo and rents the back shed to a pedophile — is unbelievably disturbing. And sidesplitting. At first we felt guilty giggling at … Read More

John Adams

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I caught parts one and two of the HBO miniseries John Adams last night.  It is very gripping and Paul Giamatti is amazing, so if you get a chance to see it (it’s being repeated many many times this week and next), you really should.  Or fire up the DVR.  A really interesting look not only at Adams himself, but … Read More

Wilhelm Scream Compilation

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From Wikipedia: The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums. Actor-singer Sheb Wooley is considered to be the most likely voice actor for the scream, having appeared on a memo as a voice extra for the film. The Wilhelm scream has been featured in many films and television programs since. Alongside … Read More

The Weirdest Cover Evah

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You have to be a certain age to appreciate the bizarreness of this cover.  The singers are Gary Numan ("Cars") and Leo Sayer ("Dream Weaver").  The song is "On Broadway". My head explodes.

Britney Spears: Future Ain’t Looking Good

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As a brunette (age 36): As a blonde (age 46): The above simlulated photos were created by a company of experts specializing in "age art".  Typically, they are hired as forensic specialists to create pictures of missing children as they would look like several years later. But for giggles and grins, they applied their skills to Britney.

Pepsi Raw

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Only available right now in certain bars and clubs in England, the new style of Pepsi contains only natural ingredients including apple extract, caramel coloring, coffee leaf, tantaric acid from grapes, gum arabic from acacia trees, cane sugar and sparkling water.  More here.

Tomorrow Is Bitterest Day

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World O’ Crap explains the concept: So, since people who need people are the luckiest people in the world, we think that it’s only right that the 22% of the populace who are not in a relationship get a holiday of their own. Thus, for everyone who won’t be getting flowers, a diamond, or dinner and an amateur strip show … Read More