Tilt a Whirl

Rumor has it they are going to build a rotating tower in Dubai.


Nuts!

Bride takes a swim

A friend of mine found this:

Dallas

This week's answer to the burning query- "Who Dey?"

Wrigley Field Grounds Crew: Hello!

A classic Wrigley Field moment occurred yesterday:



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This was an embedded video of a Major League Baseball play. Why MLB would issue a take down notice to a video on Youtube is a subject of great mystery.

Couldn't it be possible that someone browsing the Internet, or subscribed to a blog, would come across an entry such as this, and think, "Gee that looks fun. I think I'll go to the game in my town tonight."

But no: the insular attitudes at baseball's highest levels have prevailed again. No more MLB on Youtube, and before that, no more free streaming audio of MLB broadcasts, and before that, the ridiculous "home market" blackouts, and on and on.

The clowns in charge of MLB are extremely fortunate that they have the greatest game. No matter how hard they try to screw it up with steroids or the designated hitter, we're allured by the baseball game because of it's intricacies, it's time of year, and it's settings.

Winkie's Dream

Fantastic scene:

Wipeout!

In 2007, at the Miss Universe pageant, Miss USA slipped and fell during the evening gown competition:

In an extreme case of deja vu, it happened again in 2008!



The contestants must be thinking, "Crap! I'll never win now!" But, they have to act like, "That didn't happen, nobody saw that."

For the average Joe (blogger) the expressions and actions following the slips are hard to watch. The slips themselves are hysterical.

Silversun Pickups- Lazy Eye

A new favorite song



It seems the Pumpkins have been out-Pumpkined

Weezer Brings Back the Music Video

UPDATE: no embed allowed for this video anymore- but the lyrics of the tune profess to be "fine and dandy with the inside"...whatever...

I want my...



I want my MTV

Things Going Wrong...

Headlines Britney!

If you're able to cut through the nonsense in the press these days, you may find yourself reading the following, from an AP article, as I did:

"I can say that through the concert tonight, all the members of the New York Philharmonic opened the hearts of the [North] Korean people," Song Sok Hwan told the orchestra. The concert, he said at a banquet, "serves as an important occasion to open a chapter of mutual understanding between the two countries."

Performing on a stage flanked by the U.S. and North Korean flags, the Philharmonic played the North Korean national anthem, "Patriotic Song," following by "The Star-Spangled Banner." The audience stood respectfully and held their applause until both had been performed.

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Say what? The New York Philharmonic played the Star Spangled Banner in North Korea?

Does ANYONE think this is HUGE?

Or, were we just too wrapped up in the Oscars to notice?

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My favorite SuperBowl Commercial

This kinda thing happens to me all the time...

"Can't Tase This"

Powerthirst

Thanks to cuz for passing this little nugget along...



WARNING: some slightly inappropriate language in this video

11.01.07- Apparently Google (Youtube) has been served a takedown notice for this video. Thats fine, we will all go find something else to laugh at.