Sorry, no culture here. Move along.

The more I think about Brandeis’s new scheme, the angrier I get.  So I’ve crossposted this entry from my personal website here.  Nothing particularly funny about this situation, but I felt this needed to be said:

Look, Ma, no Crayolas!

Okay, I’m sorry.  I’m sure this is a nice guy, and I’m glad he’s getting a chance to live the dream.  But do you seriously mean to tell me that none of the other 11,999 entries into the EA Sports Jersey Creator Contest measured up to this design?  Was it the “bullet-hole chic” which pushed this over the edge?

Seriously, a half-drunk Craig Sager could come up with something more stylish than this.

If Greg’s Leg Offends Him Cut it Off, An Offer Cancer Just Can’t Refuse, Kurt Warner Knows His Dante, Yes We Can Discuss the Inauguration, America is Marginally Worse Off (so America is in Huge Trouble), Money for Nothing (and Our Stocks for Free), America is Depressed and Storey Couldn’t be Happier, Clea Defends Shades of Gray, and Russ Still Thinks Most People are Stupid.

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“Italian and British scientists want to exhume the body of 16th century astronomer Galileo for DNA tests to determine if his severe vision problems may have affected some of his findings.”

So as I understand it, the scientists want to find this out so they can fail the same way he did.  They’re not interested in dealing with his successes, you see.  Only his failures.

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…because this will prove at least we can screw up as much as a genius, right?

Who’s with me?

This might only be of interest to USC and Patriot fans (neither of which I am, by the way), but this video is what it looks like when a guy from Southern California gets angry.  Further proof that Russ is no Southern Californian, no matter where he lives at the moment.

Headbanging does create risk of brain damage, says study.

In related news: people who cut off one of their arms are one hundred percent more likely to have only one arm than those who don’t, scientists find.