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This makes me cringe more than it makes me laugh, but here is a compilation of various botched wrestling moves. I didn't watch long enough to see if they had a clip of Owen "The Hitman" Hart falling from the rafters of an arena. Thanks Will.

I'm not sure that you should call these the best covers ever, but they are certainly hilarious. My personal favorite is on the bottom of page 3. How many did you own (I'm on 3)? Thanks to Will.

Maybe I've been in the dark for a wihle, but I haven't seen any of these before. Thanks to BILL BRASKY(Will)!

The Pirates seems to make every crappy list for MLB, even when it's associated with paying players lots of money. In this case, they're paying a player who doesn't play for them any more a lot of money. Read on to see the MLB all-overpaid team... from Will.

Sidenote - How about Giambi making 1 mil more than A-Rod this year?

Second Sidenote - Anyone who legitimately argues against a baseball salary cap is a moron

Mayes sent in a link to Foos, a movie about foosball. I'd like to see if they properly document the Hendrix-A or the Baseball. No word on an appendix of every victim of a 10-0 chug loss.

Hey, it's JT - This is DailyTimeSuck.com... I wanted to note a few things:

1. Obviously, this looks a LOT like bhendrix.com. That's because BTH was very gracious and basically handed me all of the code that he spent the last 5 years developing. A big thanks needs to go to him and buy him a beer at Carnival if you get a chance.

2. The site will change in the future... my goal was to get something up and running ASAP. Please feel free to send in suggestions.

3. You may notice that some things are missing (like the image gallery). I may be able to get access to the old archives, but I also might just try to hook a new image gallery into the site. Take some pics at carnival and we'll figure out how to handle things at that point.

4. I may put a few Google Ads on the site and donate any clickthrough proceeds to PiKA... any comments on this?

Super Paper Mario comes out this week for the Wii. It's half 2D and half 3d and you need to switch back and forth during gameplay to explore the boards. It's kinda hard to visualize how cool the feature is without looking at gameplay footage, so click the link and view a couple of the videos on the page. -JT

All of your favorites are here. You have that pledge who constantly popped his pink collar. The urban white guy. And of course, Ballsac. My only real complain is that it isn't clear if you are missing long/short. It will be worth your time to get through at least one level. -jm

Celine Dion and some other annoying "diva" sing You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC... it's worth watching only for Celine's awesome dancing. -JT

13 shows that never should have been cancelled. I could give a rat's ass about most of these, but the way he goes on and on about Arrested Development should earn him a punch in the face. It's a somewhat funny show, but calling it the funniest show ever is ridiculous. Then he throws in the standard AD fan dig - if you don't like it you're stupid. Classic. Oh yea, and Sports Night's there. - From the Godfather of bhendrix.com

WhiskeyMilitia.com Steep and Cheap for the action sports set. My bank account is crying. - From BHendrix

Sorry... I had to include that title. - JT

This picture is odd for so many reasons... -JT

This is lifted straight from the Sports Guy article today, but it was too impressive not to post.

Also, is anyone intersted in trying to con a few drunk people into trying this over carnival? - JT

Iterating on a recent theme... name all 50 states in 10 min . Thanks to cgi for the link.

The bar is set at 5:17 - JT

..and prove that CMU students are afraid of black people.

Suspicious Person April 1, 2007 at 10:48 p.m.

A student reported being followed by a black male as the student walked into Wean Hall. The actor was described as wearing a red shirt. University Police arrived on the scene and the area was checked and cleared.

Note: Yes, I found this while searching thetartan.org for this year's Compubookie post - JT

So this 34 year old fisherman is only the 2nd contestant out of over 500 total contestants to complete this Ninja Warrior obstacle course. This is like Legends of the Hidden Temple on strawberry flavored, crack laced meth. Thanks to BHendrix for the link.

Bonus link - Here is an amazingly detailed wiki page all about Legends of the Hidden Temple... quite possibly the best kids show ever created. - JT

So, with the changing of the guard, I will keep tracking some things that you might not care about (Le Tour de France, etc.) while adding some other things that you really might not care about (like this link). Today at 7pm, the puck drops for the Pens first playoff series in over 5 years, and even if you do not like hockey I suggest that you give this series a look. It will make you a hockey fan. - JT

This one's from Oof: One out of 1760 NFL players agree that soccer is the best sport in the world.

From naj: These are the kind of things my high school friends send me

All of the charges against the Duke lacrosse players have been dropped. Presumably because the charges were all obvious lies. I look forward to seeing Mike Nifong serving me at McDonald's during my next trip to Durham. - decker

Check out the video.

Definitely worth watching, especially for you computer geeks. From Bricker

Tom's Culinary School Presents Paula's Fried Butter Balls

Derek sent the link along with:

deepfried butter. fat kids jokes abound

Thanks, Derek.

FYI JT, Derek's original title for this was: "Submitting a story looks like a trainwreck on fire(gay)fox"

Steve Levitt over at Freakanomics (whose hog I've chomped on numerous occasions back when the site was good) took a look at a published econ paper and thought there was something wrong with it. The paper found that as beer price increases, there is a correlated decrease in violence.

The initial challenge to figure it out.

The answer.

Additional thoughts and info.

If you haven't done so already, I'd highly recommend throwing their feed on your RSS list. The Levitt entries are usually more interesting than the Dubners, but they're both good. - All from hendrix

A graphical dissertation on what I can only assume is Ryan Jackson's new jam, 'This is Why I'm Hot' by the poet laureate Sean Mims.

For those of you who don't know, the refrain of this excellent song goes something like:

This is why I'm hot,
this is why I'm hot,
this is why this is why this is why i'm hot,
I'm hot 'cause i'm fly,
you ain't 'cause you're not,
this is why this is why this is why i'm hot.

SDSU had an "Official Undie Run." That's right. Hot, drunk girls running in their underwear. And I'm pretty sure none of them were ECEs. If you are on facebook, I highly encourage you to find the group "SDSU Official Undie Run" and take a look around the photos - there are 257 of them. - decker

... always remember to bring a towel. Towelie towels are finally available. - Derek

Note: Derek appropriately filed this under "Tech' - JT

Kurt Vonnegut has passed. Everyone always talks about Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, or Breakfast of Champions. I still have to say that my favorite of his is easily Sirens of Titan. -jm

Heat Vision and Jack. The intro by Ben Stiller is pretty priceless. If you have 30 minutes then give it a go.

Is it a repost if the site has changed names? If so, congrats to miolla, for the first repost of dts.com. -jm

This excerpt from his new book, Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, is a great read, and a bit surprising. - from Brick

Pittsburgh is moving on up! Best Cities for Singles. The burgh is 32/40. - from hendrix

Someone sent this into the Sports Guy, but its too good to not pass it along. Filed under douchebaggery. - JT

That's the sound of 3,000,000,000 men muttering, Oh F*ck! Investment houses have raised all manufacturers of hand creams and porn to Strong Long Term Buys.

Paul Rudd does an interpretation of the I Heart Huckabees freakout. In case you missed the original. NSFW due to language. - from hendrix

Due to the apparent cutbacks in military funding, this is what we've come to. Terrorists beware. . .

I also hear they have commissioned some doves that will alert you when they come in contact with incoming missiles. - from Charper

New Zealand is filling extinct volcanos with human waste. And then turning them into parks. If there is a God, and he has a sense of humor, the first volcano will erupt as soon as it is filled. That counts as a prayer. Amen. - decker

That's why this website caught my attention. - From polega

However, your cell phones might do the trick. Yet another reason we're all going to die. - from jm

From the Godfather: Web site can turn any photo into a 3D object. It's based off of work by a dude from CMU. You may recognize one of the sample images.

From Burch: I don't know where I was on that last poll about who was next, but Lina and I are now engaged. Don't have official time/place yet.

If this was the last poll, then you were last. Congratulations for proving everyone wrong. - decker

Carnival cams refresh every 30 seconds.

I believe I'll be watching exchange practice during those middle-of-the-night feedings this week. - from Bean

Now all they need is a "Bean walking down 5th ave with his ass hanging out" Cam and your online carnival experience will be complete. - JT

From Marissa: It's compubookie time.

She filed it under "Douche Baggery" - decker

From bw: Very cool video lesson from Mike Einziger (Incubus). The music theory stuff sounds nuts to me..then again, I am easily impressed.

"It was one of the worst shootings on a university campus in the United States since Charles Whitman went to top of the tower in the middle of the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 1, 1966, and opened fire on people 27 stories below. He killed 15 people, including his mother and wife the night before, and wounded 31 others."

Here's the link. Horrible news.... I think it just happened, so more details should follow soon. Thanks to Brick for this one.

Or loser who not only bounces, but can edit thousands of hours of video footage?

You decide.

Delts pong. Pikes bowl - jm, channeling Spencer
Bouncing is for chicks - jm

My favorite brunette, Leslie Feist, has a new album coming out May 1. I believe this would be her major label debut, so you might be bombarded with this one, and this one. Both feature some of the best choreography not involving charper as the anchor on the wave, and as always, her to-die-for voice.

To tell you that they heard of you before you sold out. -jm

A couple of dailytimesuckers will be running the Boston Marathon on Monday, so wish Liz Pino, Katie Minardo, and Sean Holman luck... they will be running in the rain on a 45 degree day, so they can use all the luck they can get!

You can follow them online at www.bostonmarathon.com. Katie's bibb number is 23178, but I don't have Sean's or Liz's numbers handy.

I could only see this one while an admin, so I've re-approved it under "sports" - jm

Update: Results

Sean Holman 3:16:44
Katie Minardo 4:12:56
Lizzardbreath Pino 3:39:46

From ab: I guess they're going with this thing. Someone should be happy. I'm still on the fence with Knightfall. I do, however, like the batman link up.

Those fascists at Slate are trying to discredit climate scientists' use of statistics! When will these ignorant naysayers heed Al Gore's warnings?! A pox upon thee, Slate! And may your electric bills soar in the summers as a result of global warming.
Awkwardly filed under Tech. - decker

Here's an excellent clip from Monday's Red Sox game... fast forward the clip to about 2:10 remaining. - JT

There isn't much funnier than Will Ferrell yelling at a child. From Joe. - JT

Katie Minardo and I got engaged after she completed the Boston Marathon on Monday (I had to pick a time to when she was completely confused and disoriented). We haven't discussed times or places or anything like that, but I'll do my best to conflict with Burch. My apologies to those of you who picked Sperl to win the latest poll...

Since we'll see most of you this weekend, I figured it was ok to post here and wait to see everyone in person. Please forgive the lack of personal phone calls. - JT

In order to kick off the annual futile process of trying to keep track of everything and everyone at Carnival, please post your Airport arrival times and travel plans in this thread. Also, due to the prohibition issues at the house, this would be a good place to post "happenings" for the weekend. - JT

Top 10 Time Wasting Sites according to about.com. I'm not sure how many of these qualify as reposts... I think at least subservientchicken is... and I just told him to "air guitar." -decker

Here's a little song for when you're lacking creative inspiration and don't know what to do.

It's all from Miolla... and it's filed under "Art." Not sure if that was on purpose or because it's the default. Reclassified to Music. Decker has spoken.

New Jersey governor injured in high speed car crash. From Ryan, including the title, which I don't think entirely I get. Nasty crash though. This guy is an idiot for not wearing his seatbelt while doing 91. - decker UPDATE: I get it. -decker

The Washington Post has added some details about the shooter and his note. Sounds like he was a quiet type without too many friends. Surprise, surprise. It seems that he didn't like "rich kids." Also,

Lucinda Roy, an English professor who taught a creative writing class that Cho attended, was so concerned about Cho that she had warned university police and officials about him, and volunteered to teach him by herself, to spare colleagues.

Why is it that these school shooting sprees are like deadly "Revenge of the Nerds" stories? What's the solution? Mandate being nice to each other (obviously not going to happen)? Would tougher gun laws solve it, or would the gunman just find easy illegal means to make the purchase? Should all students be periodically tested for psychological instability? Or is the risk of being a victim in a school shooting so low still that we shouldn't overract with policies (either by the government or by individual schools)? I have no idea.

What is particularly scary is that each one of these "successful" attacks likely emboldens others. I can only recall hearing about one school shooting plot that didn't end in tragedy. Maybe there have been more, but they don't get any publicity. - decker

Fox "News" pisses all over Vonnegut's grave. As if you needed another reason not to watch. And if you don't think it's that bad, watch all the way to the end.

This was sent in by a "hendrix." I can only assume it was of the "b" variety. -decker

Construction has started on the world's first Woman-town

All from Derek.

From Derek: Student gets 12 days in juvie because the school can't tell time

Here's the full story. -decker

NFL prospects smoke the weed

Although it's not that surprising, this is the epitome of ignorance:Chan Gailey (GaTech Head Coach) on Calvin Johnson (GaTech MVP)... "I think he's a great young man who probably did it one time to see what it was like" - From Boot

Of course I can't find an online article, but Nightline was just reporting on TV about how horrible profiteers are trying to sell auction names like vtmassacre.com on ebay and make money off the tragedy. - From Polega

... and start pitchin'. - From Bricker

Dave Chapelle performs 6-hour standup routine on Sunday, possibly for the sole purpose of breaking Dane Cook's record. - From Rollins

Conan's take on Studio 60.

CMU bought The Holiday. They're going to tear it down and build something even more fabulous. - from Hendrix

Due to the fact that I succeeded in my goal of not setting foot on the Midway at this year's carnival, I missed Sig Ep's Nintendo Booth. I hope they had fun ripping it down immediately after finishing it. - JT

...and losing their house to a Sorority. DG will be replacing DU on the quad this summer. Apprently DU is not renewing their lease due to financial reasons... maybe a house has finally decided to try the off-campus route? - JT

All from Hendrix - Pittsburgh named 'most livable'. There's a decent counter-point in the Post-Gazette. I think it boils down to "Yea, it may be 'easy' to live here by some magic formula, but who the hell wants to?" They need to add a measure along the lines of "Odds of running into an obnoxious yinzer." to help correct this. On a side note, I'd say Madison (#10) and even Lincoln, Nebraska (#?) are much more livable.

How can you knock Pittsburgh by saying "who the hell wants to live there" and then throw Lincoln, NE in as a counter example? - JT

Also, here is the Fark thread, which is chock full of goodness...

Mr. Ferrell explains how to be a great NFL center. Not as funny as the landlord bit, but I'm guessing he improvised about 95% of it. - From Hendrix

Weng Weng is the most ass kicking 2' 9" badass around. This tribute is done in rap form and promises to be every bit as good as it sounds. - From Miolla

So simple, yet, so brilliant.

Big thanks to Caldeira for this one. -jm

All Miolla - After an investigation, Police found a huge dog fighting "setup" at Michael Vick's home. They do say that Mike doesn't live there but his brother Marcus does and is likely in charge of this operation. One more reason that Vick could be considered a nappy headed pro.

Microsoft is pulling out all of the stops... no word on whether or not they will be hosting a sorority chugging competition. (NSFW due to ads) - From Caldeira

Here's a great t-shirt for you flyboys out there. - From Brick

From bth, the President of the Jon Stewart Fan Club: Bill Moyers interviews Jon Stewart. Pretty good insight into what he's thinking. The intercut interviews with McCain is worth watching on the daily show site as well.

Who says the Steeltown is intolerant? In an obvious attempt to comfort the gay community in its time of loss, the Steeler's offer the following symbol of solidarity. Appropriated from Deadspin. - jm

Micheal Lewis on the move toward tradable securities in pro athletes. Nino to start pro athlete hedge fund.

Stolen from the freakonomics blog. -decker