Date Archives July 2007
Lost in translation
Neither typhoon nor earthquake could keep Japanese moviegoers away from the box office last weekend as Monkey Magic raked in $6.5 million from just 461 screens. [source] Must…see…Monkey Magic…
Sick Hipster Nursed By Suicide Girl
Ryan Gosling formed a band called Dead Man's Bones with the boyfriend of Rachel McAdams' younger sister. DMB (heh) recently recorded songs in Tel Aviv. On their MySpace page, you can listen to one that reminds commenters of: "Modest Mouse" "tom waits" "early tom waits"…
On my own, here we go
This is how I feel tonight: "Can you finish by Friday?" "Doubtful. 500 hard drives?" "More like 410." "Oh in that case…" I considered asking for overtime but didn't want to miss Top Chef. • The Next Iron Chef America! • An Open Letter to…
Past the point of delirium
This is how I feel today: "I need you to install some hard drives, Jon." "Some" = 500. I should've listened to my parents and majored in business or engineering. • Pizza Hut Double Roll • Teh Aristocrats • The Crawling Zombie • The 2007…
On the 1s and 2s
Over the past two weeks, a San Francisco Chronicle reporter visited each of BART's (Bay Area Rapid Transit) 64 public restrooms. Blood, urine and feces caked the toilet seats in many of the restrooms. BART replaces about 25 toilet seats a year. Only 25? One…
Second verse, different from the first
Looks like MTV's "TRL" has won a reprieve. Sources say an interactive replacement for the show, "URL," failed so badly in tests that the daily countdown staple is off the chopping block for now. [source] URL? MTV needs to stop incorporating interactive elements into its…
Unless that celebrity is bacon
From the company behind potato-peeling gloves: I'm not sure a teddy bear is necessary for farting to elicit laughter. I'll fart at a party for free if it means someone will want to hug me.
Buy It Now
The person who made Chris Benoit's tights that he wore at Wrestlemania 20, which Benoit gave back to him as a gift, is putting them for sale on Ebay [source] USED TIGHTS. Good condition. Only worn once…by a child murderer.