Somebody wasn’t ready for the influx of traffic brought to their website brought about by their Grammy Awards performance:
Top Five: Reasons I Hate Grey’s Anatomy
13 February 20115. It displays surgeons as emotional people. I’ve worked with surgeons before, and they don’t have emotions. That’s why they are so good at their jobs.
4. Everyone is a slut. Everybody has sex with everybody.
3. This show plays on the emotional desires of women. No man is like the men on the show. I don’t care how sensitive he is, no dude is going to open up about his feelings in regards to his former wife’s death on your second date. You might be saying, “There are some guys like that, and I’m going to find him!” Stop looking now, he doesn’t exist.
2. If you are a surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital, at least one awful thing will happen to you every year. Whether it’s being left at the altar, your husband cheating on you, wife leaving you, dad dying of cancer, or having to watch the man who saved your life get blowed up–you can count on it.
1. I’m freaking addicted.
Geek Valentine’s Day
12 February 2011I love their intentions, but I can’t help but think that Lavasoft’s advertising plan is a bit misguided. That is, unless “Free Internet Security Software” spells love for your significant other:
My New Favorite Music Video
10 February 2011I can’t really explain it, but Soulsavers’ Revival has got to be the greatest music video I have ever seen. I can’t stop watching it and I don’t know why. The lyrics, the plodding melody, the disjointed progression of the story, and the deeper message. Whatever it is, it’s great:
Top Five: College Basketball names
8 February 2011When I heard Jimmer Fredette‘s name for the first time it made me smile and think of a few college hoops players from years gone by. Here’s the starting five for the all-name team:
5. Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
4. Uwe Blab
3. Pops Mensah-Bonsu
2. Kevin Pittsnogle
1. God Shammgod
I Hate to Admit It
6 February 2011I need to confess. I’ve been holding this in for too long and I must come clean. I LOVE watching Aaron Rodgers play quarterback:
In the game today he represents the things that are right about sports. He’s not sexually assaulting women in the off-season:
He’s not sexting with women who are not his wife:
He’s not the father of nine children with eight different women:
He overcame the fact that nobody recruited him to play in college and that Alex Smith was selected well before him in the NFL draft. He patiently came into the NFL and bided his time as a backup. All the time he was patiently learning and not complaining. When he finally got the chance to start, he was amazing and has continued to be. Plus, between his photobombs and touchdown celebration, we know he has a sense of humor.
I can now admit, “Yes, I really enjoy watching Aaron Rodgers play.” With all that being said, I will root for the Steelers today.
Packers suck!
Millard Fillmore: The Nourishment is Palatable
5 February 2011
-Upon his deathbed our 13th president, Millard Fillmore, uttered his last words after being fed his last meal:
“the nourishment is palatable.”
I can only hope mine are as epic. You can now find him interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, NY.
-During his presidency, Millard Fillmore and his wife, Abigail, founded the first White House library. Appropriately, you can now read a book about the whole process, The First White House Library: A History and Annotated Catalogue.
-Fillmore’s post-presidency brainchild was the Buffalo Historical Society–of which he was the first president. It’s now known as the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Currently, they are running an exhibit called Fact, Fiction & Spectacle: The Trial of Red Jacket
-Here’s a coloring page of the Millard Fillmore $1 U.S. coin. You know, for the kids!
-If you learn better through song, two of the best are Millard Fillmore by Electric Needle Room and What a Compromising Situation, Millard Fillmore! by the Academic Challenge Team
-Best. Bobblehead. Ever!
-If you’re a memorabilia collector, there is quite a bit of Millard Fillmore stuff available, such as: a Signed photo w/ Autograph Note, a Full Signed Letter from 1836, and a Campaign Lithograph from 1848.
-Uncyclopedia has an entertaining “alternate” view of his life. Which leads us to his appearance on the series, American Douchebag:
Previous Presidents:
1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler
11. James K. Polk
12. Zachary Taylor
Misleading Advertising
2 February 2011
OK, so I saw a Sam Adams commercial the other day, and all I could think about was how much B.S. they were spewing. The commercial talks about why they use brown bottles in making their beer. They say on their website:
“Beer really does taste better out of a dark bottle. Light can cause beer to become light struck, or skunky. The brown glass helps protect the beer and allows less light to penetrate than clear or green bottles.”
You can also watch the commercial on their website to get a better feel for the argument (note: you must be 21 to view).
Now, I have no problem with the idea that their bottles let in less light, and this is an advantage over Corona and other chromatically challenged beers. The problem that I have is what percentage of the time do we leave beer in direct light? If you add up this amount of time and factor the real rate that beer turns skunky due to light (I have a strong feeling it’s pretty low), I have a strong feeling that the difference between green and clear bottles is negligible at best.
I would be willing to bet that the real reason that they go for brown glass bottles is because they are cheaper to manufacture–as are the non-twistoff tops referenced in the commercial. Thanks Sam Adams for caring about the customers so much.
The Real Crazy Heart?
1 February 2011
Bad Blake
I think that Jeff Bridges was really playing Waylon Jennings, and not Bad Blake in Crazy Heart. Originally, I thought that Bridges’ performance was amazing, but the more I learned about Jennings the less impressed I was with Bridges. So, for those who have seen it: Is Jeff Bridges’ playing Waylon Jennings or not? If so, is he any good at it?
Waylon Jennings
