LA Clipper Ignoramus Announcers Ralph Lawler and Michael Smith were suspended from duty this week for their wildly inappropriate rant about Iranian-born Memphis Grizzly, Hamed Haddadi.
And I thought we saved this kind of commentary for the NASCAR TV crew.
I attended the midnight premiere of teeny-bopper sensation Twilight: New Moon, this morning. Having re-read that sentence after writing it, I am probably as baffled as you are as to why I agreed to go along with it. Suffice to say, I have a friend who is a big Twilight fan, and I didn’t want her to have to brave the crowd alone, so agreed to do a solid for her while also fulfilling a morbid curiosity to figure out what this Twilight phenomenon was all about.
I found myself driving to Vitamin World last week, when this health-related interview serendipitously appeared on NPR. It delves into the story behind the popular novel “The Horse Boy,” a tale of an unusual family’s search for treatment for their autistic child.
Libertarian Socialist Paragon, Noam Chomsky, briefly discusses some of America’s infrastructural challenges to ever developing anything resembling a true democratic political system.
Going to take a quick break from mass-media bashing mode to remind you heathens of the rare opportunities to learn from your TV. Hence this excellent mashup clip of one of the greatest television series ever created…
(Ahem… Warning for language… You may have to cover your virgin ears should you decline to be properly educated)
Cyborg Trading — a high-frequency trading solution for everyday investors who want the immense feeling of gratification that comes from manipulating the system to one’s advantage.
This is the animated tale of Doc Ellis’ Wily Wonka-esque experience on June 12, 1970, when he pitched a no hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates while tripping on LSD.
Though I can’t independently confirm it, I’ve heard tell that this Mark Logan is actually Twitter’s official spokesperson. That fact alone makes this video pretty darn funny, though I think he should have stuck to his own rule-set and delivered his burn in under 140 characters.
So, it could have read something to the effect of: