Author Archives: WhenYouPutItThatWay
Time to start talking about steroids in the NHL
Even with Ray Lewis’ admission that he used Deer Antler Spray and the Baseball Hall of Fame Committee’s recent shutout of PED users, the NHL has still managed to avoid the steroid question. Nobody wants to believe their favorite player … Continue reading
Military suicide at an all-time high, surpass combat deaths in 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and various congressmen have now classified the record high number of military suicides last year an “epidemic.” Experts blame the rising trend – which took 349 lives in 2012 alone – on Iraq and Afghanistan veterans … Continue reading
Grandma dance-off takes Grand Central Station
There are no words. [Via Gothamist]
Bookshelf Porn
Imagine a version of Pinterest that only accepted photos of gorgeous bookshelves. Book Shelf Porn is a photo collage made up entirely of reader submissions, like a Flickr designed to make reading nerds jealous. Whether it’s because of a small … Continue reading
Watch The Replacements documentary ‘Color Me Obsessed’ online now
After two decades of near silence The Replacements have shown signs of life. Earlier this year lead singer Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson collaborated on a benefit EP for Slim Dunlap and even hinted at a possible ‘Mats reunion, an … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music
Tagged Color Me Obsessed, Documentary, Movies, Music, Paul Westerberg, The Replacements
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One dot for every person in the United States
So this is pretty cool. Yesterday Boing Boing linked to a Census Dotmap, which places one dot for each of the 308,450,225 people documented by the 2010 census. It was made by cartographer Brandon M. Anderson because he “wanted an … Continue reading
Gotham Evening Post: If Norman Rockwell was a Batman fan
Geek Art Gallery has assembled a gallery of Saturday Evening Post covers that would’ve been famous if Norman Rockwell was more interested in Batman than Americana. Picture The Joker overseeing Thanksgiving dinner instead of Grandpa and Boy Wonder instead of … Continue reading
Why an Amish bishop could spend the rest of his life in prison
Earlier this year a federal court convicted Sam Mullet, an Amish bishop, of orchestrating a series of hate crimes. Mullet, his sons, and other members of their community attacked other Amish sects nearby in Ohio and forcibly shaved the beards … Continue reading
Improve your Wifi connection with a beer can
[Via Mashable]
History of ‘The Blues Brothers’ in Vanity Fair’s comedy issue
Most of the attention on Vanity Fair’s comedy issue deservedly focused on the magazine’s oral history of Freaks and Geeks. Among the unsung stories of the issue, on newsstands now with previews available to read online, is the genesis of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, SNL, The Blues Brothers, Vanity Fair
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ESPN president admits amount of Tebow coverage has been a mistake
ESPN’s overwhelming Tim Tebow coverage looks to be trending downward after network president John Skipper said he told producers to take it back a notch following criticism from Doug Gottlieb Former ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb evidently lit a fire under … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Sports
Tagged Deadspin, ESPN, John Skipper, Media, Sports, Tim Tebow
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Judd Apatow on pure comic rage
There’s something inherently funny about watching someone lose all semblance of self-control when they flip out. Comedians like Chris Farley and Adam Sandler made careers on playing people who might (hysterically) lose it at any moment and Bill O’Reilly’s freak … Continue reading
Growing up with the Great Bambino
We all know who Babe Ruth is but in the age of steroids in baseball and paychecks that’d make the Lehman Brothers blush the Colossus of Clout is often painted as a hot dog-scarfing alcoholic who simply called his shot. … Continue reading
Economics of a ‘Breaking Bad’ cliffhanger
Earlier this week Adam Davidson, a financial reporter for The New York Times Magazine and co-founder of Planet Money on NPR, described why the Breaking Bad cliffhanger is great business for AMC, no matter how terrible it is for fans … Continue reading
Posted in TV Shows
Tagged AMC, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, New York Times, Television, Writing
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When You Put It That Way 