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Saturday Morning with Theo

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Posted on : 13-Mar-2010 | By : Theodora Collins | In : interesting links

Theo cutting up, as usual…….

Top 10 Geekiest Decorations for Your Home or Office
I’ll take two of each please…

Saturday Night Special: Medieval Renaissance
The newest in female codpiece chic.

Photographer captures amazing images of lions at watering hole after submerging himself for three months
Way to go for that shot.

Friskies “Adventureland”
Finally, a CGI version of of what catnip does to your cat…

How Everything Goes to Hell During a Zombie Apocalypse
Invaluable instructions for Zombie Apocalypse survival…

6 Women Hospitalized From Black Market Butt Implants
More news on the Butt front…

Moviegoer is stabbed after complaining about cellphone user
This is why I always ask people if they’re going to be noisy BEFORE the show…

EXCLUSIVE – Extended Q&A: Ted Leo
I felt more hip after reading this, but I still don’t know who the hell this guy is…

Friday: Why is Mississippi scared of Lesbians?

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Posted on : 12-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power
By all appearances, Noah Lottick of Kingston, Pa., had been a normal, happy 24-year-old who was looking for his place in the world. On the day last June when his parents drove to New York City to claim his body, they were nearly catatonic with grief. The young Russian-studies scholar had jumped from a 10th-floor window of the Milford Plaza Hotel and bounced off the hood of a stretch limousine. When the police arrived, his fingers were still clutching $171 in cash, virtually the only money he hadn’t yet turned over to the Church of Scientology, the self-help “philosophy” group he had discovered just seven months earlier. (time)

Cases of young people self-harming rise by 50%
The number of young people admitted to hospital after cutting themselves deliberately is up by more than 50% in five years, according to new figures. (bbc)

Health Reform Myths
Health reform is back from the dead. Many Democrats have realized that their electoral prospects will be better if they can point to a real accomplishment. Polling on reform — which was never as negative as portrayed — shows signs of improving. And I’ve been really impressed by the passion and energy of this guy Barack Obama. Where was he last year? (nytimes)

Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom
An 18-year-old lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district reinstate the dance it canceled rather than let the couple attend. (ap)

Poodle, Glenn Beck at center of Facebook fight
You don’t hear the words “poodle,” “tinfoil hat,” and First Amendment in the same sentence often, but they are indeed linked in a classic Facebook melodrama. (redtape/msnbc)

Heavy Rain: A Peek Into the Future of Movies and Games
Even if you don’t own a PlayStation 3, Heavy Rain is a game you should know because it re-imagines both videogames and movies, combining them into a new genre of Choose Your Own Adventure digital narrative. (Very minor spoilers ahead.) (gizmodo)

‘The Wire’ and ‘Arrested Development’ — too smart to make it?
It’s true — you need to pay attention to both series in order to absorb them fully. In “The Wire,” you’ve got multiple story lines, countless characters and a very complicated overall message. For example, in its second season, “The Wire” essentially became a completely different story, shifting from the drug-riddled Baltimore housing projects to the blue-collar shipping docks, where creator David Simon tackled “the death of the American working class.” Let’s see them do that on “The O.C.” (sfgate)

Thursday: Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac?

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Posted on : 11-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

Mexican mogul Slim edges out Bill Gates as world’s richest person
This year, the title of “World’s Richest” went to Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim, with a net worth of $53.5 billion. (cnn)

Hard work? No thanks! Meet ‘entitled to it all’ Generation Y
Today’s young workers, it appears, believe they deserve jobs with big salaries, status and plenty of leisure time – without having to put in the hours. (mailonline)

Chatroulette Map: Not So Anonymous Anymore
Whenever people mention the random webcam site, Chatroulette, it inevitably leads to talk of how there are certain less-than-desirable webcam chat partners on the service. Some would wager that the guise of anonymity on Chatroulette helps these users feel a bit safer when baring it all. They aren’t as anonymous as they think. (laughingsquid)

Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac?
Chart. (theatlantic)

Interview: Encyclopedia Dramatica moderator
Encyclopedia Dramatica is Wikipedia’s evil twin. It’s a site where almost every article is biased, offensive, unsourced, and without the faintest trace of political correctness. A search through its archives will reveal animated images of people committing suicide, articles glorifying extreme racism and sexism, and a seemingly endless supply of twisted, shocking views on just about every major human tragedy in history. (9news)

Why It’s Not Crazy for Working Professionals to Quit Their Jobs and Travel the World
Anyone who has grown up in the United States usually has some variation of what I like to call the “10-point-plan.” It has been ingrained in our brains since youth. The majority of Americans just take this life path as if we have no other choice. (bootsnall)

Science Fiction Trivia Challenge: John Hodgman vs Patton Oswalt
Last night’s Best Show w/ Tom Scharpling was the scene of an epic nerd-off: a science fiction trivia contest between John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt. If the finer points of Dr. Who, majordomos, the Last Starfighter and Alec Guiness impersonations are things that float your boat then this might just be for you. (wfmu)

Wednesday: Why I Don’t Date Cops… or Football Players

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Posted on : 10-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

Who Cheats? Cops, That’s Who
AshleyMadison.com, the dating site for married people (yes, you heard right), surveyed all of their new members last year. Of the 1.9 million folks who signed up to cheat, er, date in 2009, these were the top professions. (yahoo)

Former Bush speechwriter reveals White House secrets
When Bush came into the airplane’s conference room to question the necessity of an upcoming political event, Rove flatly refused to hear him out. “Never give an inch,” he muttered as the president walked off. (thedailybeast)

Church of Scientology hides abuse
56 years after its founding, the church is fighting off calls for a Reformation. (msnbc)

All The Most Ridiculous Parts Of The Eric Massa/Glenn Beck Interview In Under One Minute
While watching Eric Massa on Glenn Beck’s show today we couldn’t help but think “he’s a little bonkers.” Normally, if you’re watching Beck’s show, anything bonkers becomes comparatively normal–even safe–so we knew that something special was happening. (huffingtonpost)

Obama using ‘bounty hunters’ to root out fraud
Boba Fett to the rescue! (nytimes)

NY Jets Antonio Cromartie is a father to seven children from six different women in five states
According to a report initially from the NFL Network, the Jets have fronted their newest defensive back $500,000 of his 2010 salary to help settle some outstanding debts in Cromartie’s paternity-suit cases.

Tuesday: Bad Celeb Tattoos

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Posted on : 09-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

Earthquake hits off Hawaii’s coast
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii on Monday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. (cnn)

Japan’s top web forum an outlet for free speech — and hate
A massive hacker attack from South Korea crippled the site in retaliation for users’ online slights against Olympic skater Kim Yu-Na, after she beat Japanese rival Mao Asada to take gold at the Vancouver Winter Games. (independent)

Women who drink are less likely to gain weight
Some women avoid drinking calorie-filled cocktails, wine, and beer because they’re worried about packing on the pounds. Now, a new study suggests that women who are moderate drinkers actually tend to gain less weight over time than teetotalers. (cnn)

Is The ‘iKey’ Apple’s Next Big Thing?
iPhone, iPad, iTouch, it seems everywhere we look there is some gadget which starts with an “i”, rumors has it there is yet another “i” gadget on its way the iKey. Really!!! what is the iKey and what is its purpose despite the obvious. (mygadgetnews)

Hate By Numbers — 5 Reasons Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ Causes Wetmares
If you’re a human being who lives on Earth, Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” is inescapable. This can be troubling. For our friend Gladstone, it’s worse than that. Miss Gaga’s jingle is currently haunting his nightmares and causing him to soil his mattress. (asylum)

6 Unfortunate Celeb Tattoo Choices
It can’t be denied that celebrities are impulsive. It seems like every other day someone’s getting married, divorced or, more recently, a tattoo. And often, their inclination to get inked ends in disaster—like a spelling mistake heard around the world or a permanent reminder of a failed relationship. (womansday)

Monday: Mark Linkous, Leader of Sparklehorse Band, Dies at 47

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Posted on : 08-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

Does DPS leader’s writing send wrong message?
The president of the Detroit school board, Otis Mathis, is waging a legal battle to steer the academic future of 90,000 children, in the nation’s lowest-achieving big city district. He also acknowledges he has difficulty composing a coherent English sentence. Here’s a sample from an e-mail he sent to friends and supporters on Sunday night, uncorrected for errors of spelling, grammar, punctuation and usage. It begins: “If you saw Sunday’s Free Press that shown Robert Bobb the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, move Mark Twain to Boynton which have three times the number seats then students and was one of the reason’s he gave for closing school to many empty seats.” (detnews)

Mark Linkous, Leader of Sparklehorse Band, Dies at 47
Mark Linkous, a singer and songwriter whose music, released under the name Sparklehorse, was renowned in indie-rock and alt-country circles for its haunted, allusive themes and fragile beauty, committed suicide on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47. (nytimes)

For Movie Stars, the Big Money Is Now Deferred
When Wolfgang Puck lays out the annual post-Oscar banquet in Hollywood on Sunday, he might want to think about doggie bags. (nytimes)

Why work? Calling time on the 9 to 5
There must be a few people out there who have never dreamed of giving up work – but you wouldn’t want them for a colleague. The rest of us can occasionally indulge in that Monday morning fantasy of going cold turkey on wage-slavery. And we might turn for support to an unlikely source: those supposed evangelists of dedicated productivity – the economists. After all, Karl Marx imagined a world in which citizens hunted in the morning, reared cattle in the evening and dabbled in literary criticism after dinner; while Keynes fancied that by 2030 the British would be working no more than three hours a day. (guardian)

How To Be an Exotic Dancer
Learn how to pick a club to work at, what kind of clothes, shoes, and accessories to buy, how to give lap dances, and a slew of other useful information. NSFW. (beanexoticdancer)

Friday: Should Carla Bruni have worn a bra?

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Posted on : 05-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

The New Commandments
The Ten Commandments were set in stone, but it may be time for a re-chisel. With all due humility, the author takes on the job, pruning the ethically dubious, challenging the impossible, and rectifying some serious omissions. (vanity fair)

How to train a rat to find your mines
During the socialization phase, the rats are familiarized with people as well as different environments and sounds. This process eliminates fear in the animals and allows them to be more receptive to training. Thereafter, a “clicker” is introduced, the click sound is associated with a food treat, and serves as reinforcement for the desired behaviour. (apopo)

Types of Bitches 1-14
My friend’s cousin found this on the floor of a 3rd-grade classroom at a DC charter school. (flickr)

Jon Stewart Plays Chatroulette With Keith Olbermann & Katie Couric, Etc!
The Keith Olbermann bit is high-larious. (mediaite)

Should Carla Bruni have worn a bra?
No. (timesonline)

Leno’s Tonight Show Reality Hacking, adds Laugh Track to Sarah Palin Appearance
Cuz she’s not funny. (daily kos)

Diablo III Monk totally looks like Neal Stephenson
Too bad you don’t know who that is. (imgur)

Why are army boots so much taller than hiking boots?
It’s classified. (reddit)

Thursday: 200th Post

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Posted on : 04-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

California deserts will soon burst with wildflowers
A recipe of rain and warmth will turn austere fields in the Borrego Valley, Joshua Tree, Lancaster, Mojave and Death Valley into wildflower paradises with brilliant colors. (latimes)

Nasa image shows it’s a wonderful world
Extraordinary composite picture taken over many months shows Earth in incredible detail. (the independent)

Be Sad and Succeed
People in a bad mood have better judgment and pay more attention to details. (scientific american)

Altercation With Driver Puts Campbell In Bad Light
Despite Being Accused Of Punching & Slapping Her Driver On Manhattan’s East Side, Supermodel Faces No Charges. (cbs)

Just Making A Quick Trip To Walmart For Some Cigs, Warden
a trustee at a minimum-level TDCJ facility in Sugar Land who broke out — if that isn’t too strenuous a word for the effort involved — up to 70 times to stroll down and pick up cigarettes and smokeless tobacco at a nearby Walmart. (houstonpress)

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt
Bertrand Russell (wikipedia)

Hot Chicks Plunging Their Toilets
Also, Hot Chicks with Stubbed Toes Making Sex Faces. (hcptt)

Wednesday: Well, this sucks….

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Posted on : 03-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

Viacom and Hulu Part Ways
In the first major fracture between television show owners and the wildly popular Hulu.com, Viacom will remove “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” “The Colbert Report” and other Comedy Central programs from the video site next week. (nytimes)

Right-Wing Rage: Hate Groups, Vigilantes and Conspiracists on the Verge of Violence
The radical right has caught fire, as broad-based anger over the past year has ignited an explosion of new extremist groups and activism across the nation. (alternet)

Palin Lies on Leno
Sarah Palin’s penchant for duplicity followed her to Hollywood and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, on which she predictably praised the Tea Party Movement and heralded “the fairness, the balance” at Fox News. She even did a stilted turn as a stand-up comic–dishing out sophomoric digs at Congress and the White House while joking about eating moose. Hardy har. (huffingtonpost)

Pedigree Dogs ad shot 1000 FPS using the Phantom camera
It’s dogs in slow-mo catching treats. What could be better. (youtube)

Tuesday: Jim Rockford’s Answering Machine

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Posted on : 02-Mar-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines

Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth’s Axis, NASA Scientist Says
The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said. (bloomberg)

Why did fewer die in Chile’s earthquake than in Haiti’s?
The death toll from Chile’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake looks like being a fraction of the 220,000 people who were killed in Haiti in January. (bbc)

Home of the brave in the USA
In the heart of the American Southwest is the sacred home of the Navajo Nation. It hides a dark, tragic secret. (timesonline)

Russian tanks found abandoned in Urals forest
About 100 modern Russian tanks have been discovered abandoned on the side of a road in the country’s Ural mountains, footage published on Saturday by websites showed. (reuters)

Over-protected children missing out on “dangerous” childhood
A few suggestions for anxious parents who typically hover on the edge of the playground with a first aid kit: Let your child lick a 9-volt battery, just to see what happens. Encourage them try to drive a nail. And by all means, let them play with fire. (national post)

Rockford Files Redux
The quicker this fails, the sooner I can pretend it never happened. (metafilter)

Dermot Mulroney to star in “Rockford” update
Ugh. (reuters)

Jim Rockford’s Answering Machine
“Jim? Madame Arcala at the Zodiac Resturant. You don’t pay that dinner tab, we’re gonna repo your birthday.” (Rockford Files Homepage)