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I love that Snoop Dogg recorded an ode to Sookie Stackhouse.
If you want to really know what the difference is between Apple and every other technology company, read what Daring Fireball said about FaceTime. Just remember that most of us — including me, and I’ve been a computer programmer for almost twenty years — are “normal” people.
Snooki Saved My Marriage: “[E]very combination of two good things does not equal a peanut butter and chocolate moment.”
The Vatican has officially endorsed The Blues Brothers and said it should be recommended viewing for Catholics everywhere.
A Field Guide to WiFi Users at Starbucks (archived)
How I Lost My 1K Status on United is a great story.
Who doesn’t love other people’s cats?
“…[E]mployees who volunteered felt more connected to their companies and were more likely to work harder on tasks, …spoke positively about their employer in public and were less likely to daydream, cyber loaf or take extra time off work.”
It is no surprise at all that Jeff Demps is number one on Heisman Pundit’s Ten Fastest College Football Players for 2010.
The Big 12 somehow managed to stay alive.
EDSBS compares sports leagues to religions, and makes sense.
Did USC get railroaded?

2024-06-14: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

Four agencies that specialize in Internet marketing — 10e20, Search and Social, Infinitenine, and Brent Csutoras Inc. — are joining forces in a roll-up to form BlueGlass Interactive.
Why, yes, I do very much want a lightsaber.
“It’s sort of nonsensical for a twice-divorced single mother of two to be using this line as seduction.” (a classic from @anildash)
Why do foreign commercials always seem so much better than ours?
Must read: Seven Reasons I’m Glad I’m an SEC Fan After Conference Expansion
“Is there a large mammal standing on your phone right now, such as a mountain goat or cheetah?”
No Mouse Is Safe: Cat Gets World’s First Bionic Paws
The preview video of the new EA Sports NCAA 11 looks amazicredible.
I really don’t know what to say about phoneballs.com.

2024-06-28: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

If you like our football team, you’ll love our chem labs full of Asian students!
People sometimes ask me why I never wanted to be a bullfighter. It’s simple, really. I tremendously dislike getting gored through the throat with a horn.
I am ashamed to admit that I knew only four of these 10 Facts Every Westerner Should Know about the Middle East.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water: Invisible Sharks!
Dedicated games should review this handy guide to Pac-Man ghosts.
@BPGlobalPR is some seriously black humor.

2024-07-12: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

Literary Tattoos
The Periodic Table Of Super-Powers
Dale Peterson is not screwing around. (He’s got my vote.)
If you like The Big Picture, you’ll love The Big Caption.
Apple, Inc. v. Apple Corps: Why The Beatles Are Not in the iTunes Store
Never Punt with Tebow: A Mathematical Analysis of 4th Down
The fastest man in college football is University of Florida running back Jeff Demps, who helped the Gators win the SEC outdoor track championships by running the 100m dash in 10.06 seconds. (That’s just a half-second “slower” than world record holder Usain Bolt.)

2024-07-25: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

Better Marriage Blanket: Contains the same type of fabric used by the military to protect against chemical weapons!
I’ve been using Twitter since April 23, 2007. How about you?
I’m not 100% sure, but I think the premise of this article is that superheroes seem to be getting less super, and that’s bad. If that’s what he’s saying, I agree. If that’s not what he’s saying, then I don’t get it.
It’s been almost fifteen years and the Ike Hilliard Stop and Pop is still one of the most amazing plays I’ve ever seen.
Nimoy Sunset Pie is a lot like Selleck Waterfall Sandwich.
How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet, by Douglas Adams
“The Township will feature an ensemble cast, including actors Wendell Pierce and Dominic West from The Wire as a pair of successful, well-adjusted real estate agents who occasionally grab one quick drink after work before returning home to the families they love.”
“When the worm was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cyber-security experts didn’t know what to make of it. It infiltrated millions of computers around the globe. It constantly checks in with its unknown creators. It uses an encryption code so sophisticated that only a very few people could have deployed it. For the first time ever, the cyber-security elites of the world have joined forces in a high-tech game of cops and robbers, trying to find [its] creators and defeat them. The cops are failing. And now the worm lies there, waiting …”