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Gallery owner attacked for displaying Iraqi prisoner painting. Welcome to America, eh comrade? Is there an ignorant hillbilly district in San Francisco I'm unaware of? Jim, you took the tour.

Justice Department report on jail population. Just under 2.1 million people are in prison. Almost one in eight African American men in their twenties is locked up. Here's a summary article.
The nation's incarceration rate tops the world, according to The Sentencing Project, another group that promotes alternatives to prison. That compares with a rate of 169 per 100,000 residents in Mexico, 116 in Canada and 143 for England and Wales.

Russia's prison population, which once rivaled the United States', has dropped to 584 per 100,000 because of prisoner amnesties in recent years, the group said.

This is all from Cursor.org. Are we doing something wrong, or is everyone else?

Krugman on the decreased spending article mentioned below. Robbing from the poor to feed the rich. Teresa Heinz Kerry's tax bracket was 15%. Do you know what yours is? Look it up. Then add 6.2% for Social Security, which isn't paid by those living on dividend income. Thanks to Sperl for the heads up.

Go to Google. Type 'Miserable Failure'. Hit 'I feel lucky'. Witness the power of the Google bomb. Thanks to Jaiman for this one.

The truth about the draft bills in Congress. Please read the whole thing to get a handle on the issue before you end up as a hysterical internet poster person. Thank you for your time.

Tips for better gas mileage. Time to get rid of that rag for a gas cap.

Divorce over 40 mostly initiated by women. If I had to guess, I would have said it was 80/20 men. But my frame of reference is movies and TV. How could they have lead me so far astray? What else did they lie to me about? Thanks to Megan D for this one.

Pubic hair stencils. The money sign is a little odd, but the arrow is tremendous.

Seinfeld watch: Day II His house in the Hamptons is finished. Baseball field and 22 car garage included. Guess that explains where the other cars are. I wonder if he needs a car boy? Thanks to naj for this one.

Man commits suicide after sex with Hen. The title says it all. Thanks to naj for this one as well.

Bono's address to UPenn

America is an idea, but it's an idea that brings with it some baggage, like power brings responsibility. It's an idea that brings with it equality, but equality even though it's the highest calling, is the hardest to reach. The idea that anything is possible, that's one of the reasons why I'm a fan of America. It's like hey, look there's the moon up there, lets take a walk on it, bring back a piece of it. That's the kind of America that I'm a fan of.

Guess I should get him a foam finger.

Bush-Cheney bumper stickers
Thanks to Jef for this one.
1. Bush/Cheney '04 - Four More Wars!
2. Bush/Cheney '04 - Apocalypse Now!
3. BU__ SH__!
4. Bush/Cheney '04 - Because the truth just isn't good enough.
5. Bush/Cheney '04 - Compassionate Colonialism.
6. Bush/Cheney '04 - Leave no billionaire behind.
7. Bush/Cheney '04 - Over a billion Whoppers served.
8. Bush/Cheney '04 - Putting the "con" in conservatism.
9. Bush/Cheney '04 - Thanks for not paying attention.
10. Bush/Cheney '04 - This time, elect us!
11. Bush/Cheney '04 - We're Gooder!
12. Bush/Cheney '04 - Asses of Evil
13. Don't think. Vote Bush!
14. George W. Bush - A brain wave away from the presidency
15. George W. Bush - It takes a village idiot.
16. Vote Bush in '04 - "I Has Incumbentory Advantitude"
17. Vote Bush in '04 - Because dictatorship is easier.
18. Vote Bush in '04 - It's a no-brainer!
19. Vote for Bush & You Get Dick!
20. Who would Jesus Bomb?
21. Bush/Cheney '04 - "Leave no child a dime!"

$10 Billion contract to secure our borders awarded. It went to Accenture, which is incorporated in Bermuda. Nothing like endorsing that kind of shit. I guess that's a good price, though: $3.3 million for each person that died on September 11. Not like we couldn't use the money to oh, say, cure cancer. Tom Ridge can lick my perineum.

Enron traders complete assholes. Proof that they manipulated the market during the energy crisis. Any of you have trouble during the black and brown-outs? Now you know who to blame.

Condom delivery coming soon if you're cumming soon. This is beautiful. Note the phone number. It's more catchy than 867-5309. Thanks to JT for this one.

Stupid Names for people. I think what people fail to realize is that kids have to use these names for their entire lives. Clever mis-spellings are for band names, not for kids. "No, it's Brian with two r's, three n's and a silent k at the end." Two best names ever, as reported to a case worker friend: Orangello and Lemongello. That's right, Mom named them after her two favorite Jell-o flavors. Birth control in the water.

Badonka-Date.com Must not steal my stuff. Thanks to naj for this one. It may not be the best site for work.

Rong - Pong in the Round. Pretty interesting little twist.

Onion: Most Voters unsure who to vote against. Man, what a sad state of affairs that this rings so true. Thanks to JT for the link.

Philly tergetting gay community with tourism ads. Ryan points out that now we know why Joiner moved. Thanks to Ryan for the link.

I haven't really made any changes to the site as of late. Is there anything that people are wanting to see done? Is there anything you think would make it a better site? I was thinking about implementing a system where it would only display links that have been posted since you last visited using a cookie system, but there are some serious cons to that. Anyway, post away in the comments. Or shoot me an e-mail.
--Brian

Bush compares war on terror to WWII and the fight against communism. Let's see. Country invades neighboring countries, kills millions. 20 guys out of a network of not more than 20,000 (at last estimate) fly four planes into targets killing 3000 people. Good comparison. Keep 'em coming, you jackass.

Chalabi told Iran we broke their codes. First, you sting him up in a square. Then you cut out his tongue. Then you let him rot. Good thing Bush's golden boy is such a straight shooter. Glad he dragged us into this war. I want his head on a stick.

Hundreds of thousands to die in Sudan. Since we got into Iraq for humanitarian reasons, we're gonna rush right in and quell this little skirmish, right? Yea, didn't think so.

Interactive New York Map. Just check it out. Very cool.

Why we need to get rid of the penny. Only one state accepts them in toll booths. Seth, Joel, your assignment this week is to try it out.

Republican National Committee releasees Kerry-opoly because he's so rich. Would these god damn ass clowns look at themselves for ONCE? Jesus Mary and Joseph. Maybe they should arrange a tour of the Bush compound in Kennebunk or the ranch in Crawford where the chief ass clown has spent more vaction days than any other president ever. Arg. Arg. Triple Arg. Don't even get me started on Halliburton Cheney.

Metallica documentary. It looks good, but I wrote these guys off so long ago I'm not sure I could sit through 2 hours of them bitching.

Where did celebrities go to college? I'm a little frightened how many I knew. I'm hoping most of you get Mr. Danson correct.

NYT article on suing automakers because your kid is dead.

The problem is not just that S.U.V.'s and pickups are heavier than passenger cars. They also ride higher off the ground and often do not engage the most crash-resistant parts of cars, overriding their bumpers or, even worse, smashing their front ends directly into the heads of people in cars in side impacts. Wow. That's some hard-hitting information. I would have never thought of that.

"Everybody deserves the right to be safe in a vehicle they can buy," said Jay Lopez, Dereck's 26-year-old brother and an elementary-school teacher, referring to the fact that side air bags are most often found in luxury vehicles. Developing this shit is not cheap. The automakers are not sandwich welfare. You know who came up with side impact airbags? The automakers. If you tell them they have to make every new safety product available across all of their cars immediately upon introduction, they will a) stop producing safety innovations or b) seriously delay their introduction until they can be fitted to every car they make. That'll save all those lives, right?

Like many accidents, the one that killed Dereck Lopez involved several contributing factors. The driver was found to be drunk, and he ran a red light, according to the police report. So they're going to go after the company that made the liquor and the city government which should have installed 10 foot high steel walls at the intersection to prevent running the lights?

But automakers' recent joint agreement to work on making light-duty trucks less harmful to passenger cars may have made it easier for crash victims to sue them. That is because the agreement indicated that such alternative designs were already in place on some vehicles, but not others. Welcome to America. I love lawyers.

Last Pont: Look at the photo of the truck. It has a full front brush guard installed. This is NOT a factory installed option. This is NOT anything GM has control over. Also, the wheels and tires look like they're not stock, and was the truck lifted?

People die. It's a fact of life. It sucks. When is everyone going to learn that?

Thanks to Sperl for this one.

Pretty Self-explanatory. Thanks to Bean for the suggestion.

Ladies Night under attack in Jersey. Pretty soon they'll tell PiKA all the girls have to be on the guest list. What is this world coming to? Thanks to Bill for the link.

CIA director George Tenet is resigning for 'personal reasons'. What's the real reason? Chalabi? Plame naming? Other WMD crap? Speculate away. Thanks to CB, Rob, and Megan for the heads up. Please post links when you see them as well. Update USA Today account.

Scientists delete huge chunks of DNA from mice. Mice okay. t is not often that the audience at a scientific meeting gasps in amazement during a talk. But that is what happened recently when researchers revealed that they had deleted huge chunks of the genome of mice without it making any discernable difference to the animals.

The result is totally unexpected because the deleted sequences included so-called "conserved regions" thought to have important functions. Crazy.

Fahrenheit 9/11 Trailer now available.

The Rasterbator Make huge images out of small ones.

Monster in a Wheelchair Short (RealVideo) film about life in a wheelchair. For a monster.

Anderson Country Tennessee Jail Cam For those of you with parents on the inside.
Thanks to Derek for all of these.

Article by the Washingtonienne. This is the ho from a couple weeks back that was nailing 6 dudes and working for a Senator. Looks like she's got a book deal coming. We should chip in and get her one of those astronaut pens, you know, so she can write on her back.

DDR Club at Case Western Constitution. As Campen points out, now we know the social scene there sucks worse than at CMU. Thanks to him for both links.

National Spelling Bee going on now. Let the games begin.

Kid faints at spelling bee. Gets up. Spells word correctly. Spell on, spella'. Thanks to Fark via JT for this one.

Top 10 X-Games moments. They've got video for each one, which is awesome. The no-handed 9 by Hoffman, the double back-flips by Metzger, Burnquist's run, and the Hawk 9 are must-sees. Hell, just watch them all.

B-School may not be all it's cracked up to be. This from a Stanford B-school prof.

This one's all Ryan.
Beaver school latest to ban jelly bracelets
Two things.
1) If this is all true, then that's awesome
2) If it isn't true, I love SuperNintendo Chommers reference to a jelly doughnut
Thanks to Ryan.

Parallels between JFK and Kennedy. Interesting read. Got it from Daily Kos.

Harry
Potter III looking pretty sweet. It's the best of the books; glad it's the best of the movies.

I'm gonna be unavailble the rest of the day, so post any cool links in the Comments.

Chicago and the Shedd What better reason to go to Chicago than to crash a bash thrown by our Chicago office? Well, there's probably a few, but anyway, that's what we did. A good time was had by all.

XP Wi-Fi connections going wonky. Interesting article on how XP wireless connections can just die. I've had this happen just a couple times, but overall the Wi-Fi support in XP blows goats. My old USB Wi-Fi unit had a much better interface and worked much more consistently. Ah well.

The American Family Association is holding a vote over gay TV. So go vote.

Documentary about the effort to get Clinton. Should be interesting. James Carville should be cast in every movie from now on just because.

Photoshop tutorials. Looks like a pretty cool resource if you're like me and can barely remember how to make a red rectangle. Or if, you know, you need to do crazy shite with pictures.

African American student admissions at UC Berkley are down. The campus is 30% White and 40% Asian American, which includes Indians and Pacific Islanders. The article isn't that memorable except for this section-

Renita Chaney, a junior and executive director of the campus Black Recruitment and Retention Center, said she would be reluctant to encourage black freshmen to attend this fall unless they want a challenge.

"If it's activism or some kind of fight they're looking for, then come here. But if education is what they're looking for, then don't come here," she said.
So they've what, stopped teaching classes? Quit it with the whole homework thing? No more tests? Just protests? Gimme a break.

Snowboard teaser roundup. Perception. This thing looks sick. The bent kinked rail, the sketchy jumps. Wow. Awesome. New Mack Dawg - Chulk Smack. Looks okay. We'll see. A Whole bunch more. Be sure to check out The White Album, where Shaun White tries to hold up an entire vid.

Riding Giants No, it's not porn. It's the new movie from Stacey Peralta, formerly of Powell Peralta, who made the awesome documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys about the beginnings of skateboarding as we know it. Here he tackles the origins of big wave surfing and the insane level it has come to today. Can't wait.

Caption Madness Any references to Sri's nipple will be automatically deleted. Thanks to Shek for the suggestion.

Florida voter registration about to be purged again. This entire mess is so embroiled in political BS it makes me want to scream. Can't they set up some sort of either 'independant' or bi-partisan group to manage this? Here we go again.

Another simple one - Will Ferrell's best movie. Up to this point, anyway. I'm thinking Anchorman is going to rule, but anyway.

Chuck D and Hank Shocklee talk about the state of music sampling, along with many other things. Cool read.

Super Mario Deathmatch. I haven't played it, but it just looks cool.

Bomb Billiards. Sink the bombs before they blow up.

300C the new 'slade? I'm not a huge fan of it, but there ya' go. Thanks to Rollins for the link.

Dibold bars employees from making political contributions. So now instead of knowing which incompetent and corrupt band of morons supports which candidate, you have to guess. Good plan guys. Vote absentee.

50 Greatest Parts of songs ever. Pretty good list. Liked the inclusion of the D, Metallica's 'One', and of course, Hendrix (more than once). Also, the tangential need for More Cowbell is once again demonstrated. MP3 bits are included if you can't quite tell which bit they're talking about.

Free tickets to see Chronicles of Riddick on Thursday. No shows in the Burgh, but check it out.

Whistler is expanding. I'd like to thank Sean, Jeremy and Brian for pre-running the area to tell us how it is.

Moron gets tossed from boat. Runs into tree. It's a little slow, but the pics are priceless.

Quince de Mayo from JeanineJeanine handled the picture taking and uh, other things, and Dave handled the captions. Thanks to both of them.

UN resolution on Iraq passes.
The U.S.- and British-backed resolution gives additional international support to the new interim Iraqi government and adds more international support for the U.S.-led coalition force.
On subject of the need for coalition or multinational forces in Iraq, Zebari said: "We need these forces. It is an Iraqi need, more than an American or coalition need. The consequences would be catastrophic."
Thanks to JT for this one.

The wierdest things amazon sells

peoplefallingover.com

genes to blame for infedelity? ... what next? genes to blame for me stealing your wallet?

New science glass.This is how science should work...making glass cleaning easier for the terminally lazy.

Move to put Reagan on the $10, $20, or dime. Well, we covered this once before with this little number, but you know, with him dying this week, here we go again. At least he didn't fire all of the mint workers at one point during his tenure.

Best ways to beat a speeding ticket. Interesting read.

Local Man's suicide note filled with Simpsons references. From the Onion. Jim doesn't know wether to be disturbed or not by the fact that he got all of them. I'm with you, man.

Since not everyone reads the site all the time, here's a coupld good ones people just sent me that I've posted before. 10 worst album covers ever. from Chad. New Jersey Guidos. This one's from JT, as it was last year when he sent it in. It's for Miolla.

$500 power cable for a stereo. At under $100/ft it's a steal. Some people are morons, and they deserve to have their money taken from them. If you've still got cash to burn, pick up the RCA cables for $440. And you thought Monster cables were stupid... Ripped off of Gizmodo.

Wire Hang. Pretty simple, but addictive. It's all about the direction thing at the bottom and the long stretch.

Beat the goalie and the wall. A bunch of free kicks. Bend it like Beckham.

Dogs can understand words. If only they had watched they episode where Santa's Little Helper goes to obedience school, they'd know that. "You son of a bitch!" Thanks to Jaiman for this one.

Customize a vintage Porsche. If I catch any of you pulling this shit with a 550 or 356, consider our Internet friendship over. Thanks, I guess, to Jaiman for this one.

viral marketing campaigns by automakers. The recent Mini robot incident, which I'd like to forget about, is one of the ones mentioned. Cool, fun ads? Cheers. Good show. I'm not sure what the point of building huge fake web sites and basically lying to your customers is. Ah well. I only buy lots of stuff, I don't convince others to do the same. What do I know?

Penny Arcade Strip. I know I whore for these guys all the time, but I just feel like this is something that may have happened at PiKA or some other spot at some point.

US accounts for 47% of world millitary spending. Japan is next with 5%. They don't break it down per capita, but good Lord, that's ridiculous. Japan has about 123 million people vs. 290 million for the US.

How to make your PC look like a Mac. Creepy, sort of.

The background story is as follows: earlier this month, the website for the Bush-Cheney campaign - the real one, paid for by MBNA America and Richard Scaife - featured a "create your own banner" tool, where you could enter your own slogan and print out your own poster, with the Bush-Cheney logo, and a note at the bottom "paid for by Bush-Cheney '04, Inc." Democrats, of course, couldn't get enough of this. The original sloganator accepted everything, then it started censoring profanity and words like "Hitler," "dictator," and "evil." Nevertheless, many clever folks exploited the sloganator to their own ends before its sad demise only a couple of weeks after its birth, and its mourners assembled some of the best for the slide show. The link below is best enjoyed with the sound on: The Sloganator Memorial Thanks to Mark for all of this.

We here at bhendrix.com strive to bring you the best coverage of random stuff that we can. Hence, I will be heading all the way to another country this weekend to bring back news of sport. In that same vein, Jaiman is working hard from our DC satellite office and has sent in a picture of Ronald Reagan's final trip through DC. Our condolences go out to Mr. Reagan's family. Here's hoping he's in a better place. Thanks to Jaiman.

Two men killed when hyperbaric chamber explodes. Gruesome. Stolen from jwz.

Accenture may lose $10 Billion contract for being based off shore. I guess when Congress gets mad, they start righting wrongs.

Take the citizenship test. I'd like to thank Mr. Lewis and Aaron Sorkin for my 10/10. Mostly Mr. Lewis with a pinch of Sorkin.

Krugman on Reagan vs. Bush in terms of tax policy. Interesting parallel. Krugman on Reagan's real economic legacy. Both worth a read. Even I have to argue with the miracle he points out in the 2nd one, though. The late 90's was a demonstration of what happens when a huge, massive group of idiots start thinking in the same economic matter and take the sheep with them.

Montreal F1 GP 2004 We made a return trip to Montreal again this year. We had a few subs, including one recent Hendrix graduate. Thanks to Weatherford, Red Tom, and everybody that went. Awesome time. If you're even thinking about going, I highly recommend it. Very choice. Full race wrap-up. It turns out JPM and Ralf had illegal brake ducts and were disqualified. Son of A!!!

Interview with Chris Bangle. He's the asshat head designer for BMW. Whatever. Head over to your local Audi dealer and leave the BMWs for everyone that bought an Enzo. BMW - proving once and for all that taste and money don't go together.

Cameraman bit by car while filming story on dangerous intersection. I'd like to mourn for him, but man, this is just Darwin. Thanks to Arjen for this one.

Allegations against Lance he's been doping. This story smells like shit, but there it is.

PA beer sales flat. Guys, this is not good. Could it be the latest exodus out of the burgh? Thanks to naj for this one.

Tour warmup. Mayo wins, Hamilton looks strong. Lance 4th.

Pledge of Allegiance case tossed on technicality. I don't even pretend to understand the law, but what a bullshit situation. Thanks to Shek for this one.

Inside an exoskeloton. I could have used one of these this weekend at the race...

Bush lobbies the Pope. They deserve each other.

Scientists create blue roses. Guess this makes the rose parade easier.

Absinthe is legal in Switzerland now. Just don't cut off your dick, or they'll ban it again.

Stories about all kinds of stuff. Some real Cliff Clavin trivia gems in here, and some cool stories about movies, trials, regligion and assorted history.

Tom Tomorrow goes to the Fahrenheit 9/11 premiere. He got to sit behind Vonnegut, which is pretty cool in and of itself.

Ocarina of Time 2D A guy is translating it. Cool demo-ware right now.

Machine that can build a house quickly. It's sort of rapid-prototyping for homes. Like Shape Deposition. Be sure to check out the videos.

Decorative cow loses head. Bunch of savages in this town. Harrisburg is doing the decorative cow thing as well. Not as cool as the Pittsburgh Dinosaur thing, and no one will ever top the Mr. Rogers T-Rex, but there you go. Simpsons jokes begin.... now.

Truck overturns with bees. Can you imagine if this happened in Manhattan? You thought MaCaulay Culkin got it bad in 'My Girl'. Thanks to Andy for the last part there and the link. Thanks to Arjen for the link as well. Dogs, with bees in their mouths, and when they bark, they shoot bees?

Myst-ish game. Flash with sound. Pretty interesting little game. Give it a go.

9/11 commission reports no link between Saddam and Al Qaeda. Don't believe the hype.

Where Are the Jocks for Justice? Delving into why more professional athletes don't speak their minds on any issues at all and contrasting it with outspoken players of days gone by. Basically, it's all about the money. Interesting take in the last part about how the players' unions could do more.

Exploring the 'line' between church and state This is also the kind of country where the president meets with the members of a radical, far-right millennialist Christian sect three weeks before he counteracts all known international law and opinion regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation. That sect, known as the Apostolic Congress, opposes any deal with the Palestinians because it believes that Christ won't return to Earth until all of Israel belongs to the Jews and Solomon's temple is rebuilt. Oh boy. We've got a live one. The name Boykin makes me laugh.

Dan Savage delves even further into the odder side of sex. If you are at all squeamish, do yourself a favor and don't read this. You've been warned.

Krugman on why Ashcroft is the worst. AG. evah. Everyone's favorite U of Chicago grad is on a roll.

Amazing. Amazing soccer simulator for Euro 2004. You can replay all the key moments (read: goals) from Euro 2004 from any perspective at any speed. Sooooo cool. I highly recommend the England goal from Beckham's POV or the 'flying camera'. Slow mo is great. Check it out even if you don't like soccer.

How to be a great manager. Or not.

Craig's list rant: NYC Subway idiots. Beautiful. Anyone want to add more?

Are you gay? Some offensive language, but funny as hell. The Phantom Shitter. I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

Nerdvana can be found in California. Applied minds is a think tank that actually does something. A Do Tank, if you will. Cool.

AMA says FDA was wrong to not approve The Plan B pill. Talked about here before, so one more log on the fire.

The guy that runs Livejournal is a nerd with a sens of humor. Since I've been teaching myself MySQL this week, I found this especially funny. I am a dork.

Armadillo Aerospace chalks up a perfect test flight. This is very cool. They're going after the X Prize. id Software is the company behind Quake, Wolfenstein, and Doom. Carmack is beyond intelligent. Be sure to check out the video.

Formula One Tech opened up a little. MY Times article about it, centering on Ferrari. Stolen from /. And be sure to check out the McClaren steering wheel. I need a drink button in the Jeep.

Draft Bruce.com Trying to get the Boss to play during the Republican convention in protest. Sweet. Going out to Seth.

Crowd stun gun. It's on Jaiman's Christmas list, so cough up the dough.

Insane car video. This guy is completely nuts. Thanks to Jaiman for the link.

Open Letters. Hillarious. Thanks to Sam and his friend for this one.

Bovis and Hunt team up to build every stadium in New York. Jim will be there and he will get us all season tickets. Promise. They should have called it 'Hovis'.

Kerry vows to overturn stem cell research ban. Too much work right now is being put toward working around the ban instead of doing actual research. Nancy Reagan is one of the biggest proponents of this idea, since Alzheimer's is one of the main diseases seen as benefitting from the research. Maybe instead of a coin, this could be Reagan's legacy.

Carbage. Just what it sounds like. Thanks to Eugene for this one.

Redneck Surfing WMV Video. Surprised we didn't see this last weekend. Thanks to rcr for this one.

Simpsons' quiz. Andy and I both got 24s, which is scary as hell on multiple levels. This thing is impossible. They don't give you the answers or which ones you got wrong, so you've been warned. Thanks to my roomie for this one.

El Paso is the sweatiest city in the US. They just write themselves sometimes. Thanks to DP for this one.

Algorithms for evolving cars. In particular, F1 cars. After this last weekend, they may need to clear the gene pool and start over with just Ferrari. Look for the F1/Buggy analogy to be flushed out soon. Thanks to DP for this one as well.

Dave got hitched in North Carolina. We were there. Congratulations to Heather and her new hunk of man.

Personal Responsibility. This one's been hanging around forever and it wasn't getting any better - the true mark of great work. Or something.

Sony DSC U-30 for $129 This is the camera I use to take all my pics. It's pretty much indestructable. All you need is an additional Memory Stick and you're good to go. Anyway, if you're looking for a cheap, bar-worthy camera, have a look.

Sorry about the lack of updates lately. The internet gods and my work & social calendars have been conspiring against me as of late. I promise a huge update tonight for all kinds of internet-goodness tomorrow. To everyone who has sent links this week: I got them and they'll be up tonight. Thanks for being patient.

Snowboarding down Everest. Be sure to check out the pics. Thanks to JT for this one. Burton was sponsoring a guy that was trying to do the 7 peaks. I think he had one left, probably Everest.

Become a minister of anything. Apply now! I have a feeling this isn't what the man upstairs had in mind. Thanks to Jaiman for this one.

Boeing and Renault collaborating on F1 tech. "There are interesting similarities between the technologies required to develop Formula 1 racing cars and aerospace products." I feel like the cars are more advanced at this point. Well, at least PiKA, er, Ferrari. Thanks to Philippe for the link and highlight.

More airlines gave out info than previously reported. As Philippe points out, at least Jet Blue came clean. Please note home state of Senator quoted in article. Thanks ot Philippe for this one.

Origami Godzilla Make and collect them all! I'm making Mothra! Oh, our Japanese penis so small. You American penis so, so big. We no pleasure women at all. You, much pleasure. Thanks to DP, Matt & Trey for this one.

Super dudes. People dressed up like Superman - really poorly. In related news, the second Seinfeld/Superman short is up. It's the one called Hindsight.

Walk the drunk home. This not a picture gallery. It's not the new bubbles, but it's pretty fun. Thanks to DP for this one. 78 meters isn't very far.

CMU Prof gets sentenced in shooting. Thanks to JT for this one.

The Lamborghini Gallardo real world take. I feel like a car guy with ADD. DB9, no SLK55, no Modena, no 996 Turbo, no Gallardo. It's a great time to love cars.

Orlando picks a high schooler as first pick. More power to them, I guess.

German kid under 5 in some ways as strong as adults. I gotta worry for this kid, but I guess you can't be too strong. Maybe he really is Unbreakable. Someone should warn him. Samuel L may be out to get him. Coolest part is that they can identify the mutated gene and use it to help others. Worst part is the athletic ramifications.

Bush interviewed over Plame affair. This would be the incident where someone leaked the name of a covert CIA officer who just happenned to be married to a former ambassador who had critical things to say about the White House. If you see Robert Novak on the street, trip him and hold him until I can drive down. Couple hours tops. Oh, the mental image of Karl Rove being told what 'Tossing Salad' means is priceless. I bet he prefers syrup.

From the IMDB: Although its distributors claim that Michael Moore's controversial Fahrenheit 9/11 will open in 858 theaters on Friday -- the biggest release for a documentary ever -- the conservative outfit Move America Forward, set up to battle the film, claimed victory Wednesday in its effort to induce theater owners to refuse to screen it, noting that the distributors will fall short of the more than 1,000 theaters that they had originally forecast. Sal Russo, who formed MAF from his political PR office in Sacramento, told CNSNews.com, a unit of the conservative Media Research Center, "Once the hard-core leftist political activists have seen the film this weekend its appeal will die down because the Blame America First constituency frankly is not that large." Meanwhile, the film broke sales records at two New York City theaters Wednesday as each sold out tickets before noon. The Village Cineplex 7 theater said that Fahrenheit sold $49,000 in tickets, beating the previous record of some $43,000 set by Men in Black in 1997. It planned to remain open throughout the night. The film earned an additional $30,000 at the Lincoln Plaza theater, where all sixteen screenings sold out.
Nothing like trying to limit free speech. If Bill O'Reilly could make any sort of entertaining or quality movie, he's more than welcome to do so.

The Iraq war in specific relief. A lengthy numerical breakdown of the cost and opinions surrounding the war.

SpaceShip One does it. Sorry this is so late, but this story is so amazing. I'm in complete awe of the entire venture. Congratulations to the guys that spent the past few months living in a hangar.

Baseball uniform database. Check out all the historic uniforms. Very cool.

Swedish brothers invent tow motorcycle. It can weave through traffic to get to a broken down car and tow it away. Widows video. Brilliant.

Why Michael Moore sucks. I haven't seen the flick yet, but it's out this weekend. A little background on this guy. He's angrier than I am. Wow.

Open thread for posting whatever I didn't cover.

The Burgh is the worst city for singles. Again. That's three in a row. Two more and we beat the Steeler's Super Bowl record. Apparently they visited CMU's campus on the one day of the year the sun comes out and the dorks are scared away. Saying it's prettier than any Boston campus is a bit of a stretch. I've visited Harvard. And you sir, are no Harvard. Thanks to Joel for the heads up.

Walking robot dinosaur. Cool little walking robot. Be sure to watch the videos. Stolen from jwz.

Judge taking care of his MANdatory minimum. Joiner sent me this with the Subject 'don't know if you want to post this, but it's priceless' which is a sure way to get it posted. Thanks Steve.

Another review of F 9/11 witha little twist. Pretty funny.

Valedictorian rips into school during speech - denied diploma. Hell, photocopy someone else's. Who cares? She got the last laugh. Good on her.

The ongoing saga to eliminate the worst part of McDonald's - the people. I feel like sometimes the employees are playing Super Troppers for the day - trying to see how many times they can ask 'For here or to go'. But then I realize that a lot of them probably aren't smart enough to operate a DVD player or VCR.

Catholic Church condemns HBO documentary. It takes a hard look at celibacy and the problems that arise from it. I am the pun master. Here's the dirt from HBO. Stolen from Linkfilter.

I liked this movie the first time. When it was called Backdraft. Look into it, you ass clowns. Go make Signs II or some other shit movie. Maybe you can defeat the aliens with nitrogen this time. Or is that too abundant? Travolta: lifetime ban. No exceptions.

Great movie review quotes.

“Forget what you may have already heard. Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential, an unapologetically brutal modern film noir, is not the best movie of the year. It’s the five best movies of the year.”
—Paul Tatara

“Action! Gore! Romance! Heroism! Tits!”
—Gary Hladik on Starship Troopers

CERT says use anything but IE. So does bhendrix.com. Get Mozilla or Firebird. Get Opera. Get something else.

The Corporation. I've read some good reviews of this. Seems interesting anyway. God love the stock market.

TPT - The Percentage Tour So I cooked up this little ditty. Basically, I'm going to try to ride a percentage of the amount the Tour riders ride every day. So if they ride 100 miles, I'll ride 20. Or 10. The problem is, with my travel schedule, I can only really ride Mon - Thurs, so I'm out of comission on the weekends, which I may be able to makeup by riding their rest days and combining the Time Trials with my rides. Anyway, I haven't decided on the percentage yet - 10 is too easy, 20 is pushing it, but I wanted to put it out there to stay motivated. So if you see me, ask me how the PT is going. I'll be posting the crap out of the Tour, but be aware it starts on July 3rd with the prologue and the real racing gets going on the 4th. OLN has coverage, and it's probably on ABC on the weekends.

Horrible remakes. Shek rightfully points out they forgot the Punisher flicks. I like Thomas Crown. Ah well.

BMW US design studio gets a new head. It's a woman who's done some good work in the past. Good luck to her.

SUV in a pool. Okay, so this looks totally fake. How is the car not damaged? And how did the people get out? The passenger door seems too close to the wall to open. Anyway, thanks to Eugene for this one.

I think Michael Moore's books 'Angry White Men' and 'Downsize this!' were good books. They were entertaining, brought up some good points, overall worth the read(s). Fahrenheit 9/11 was not a very good movie. I went in with really low expectations, and they were raised a little, but I'm not sure what all the hype is about. I don't think he made any of his points very well, and he often seemed to try and make comedy out of things that either weren't very funny or completely off topic. I like seeing Bush look like a monkey, which he shows a lot, but I can see that on the net. A lot of the information was absolutely not new to me, and a lot of the stuff that was new to me was either inconsequential or not very interesting. Moore has a habit of skipping around a lot with his subject matter, so parts of the movie are jarring to watch. He also gets really heavy handed with some parts, and it's a turn off. The sections involving the Binladen family just sort of left me scratching my head. I'm still not sure what the point is. Anyway, at the end of the day, if you took 5 Daily Shows with interesting guests and Lizzie Leopold and watched them back to back, you'd learn more and have more fun. Gabe said it best - Disappointing. Since it hasn't really come up (re-read the posts if you don't believe me), I started thinking Moore was an asshat the day after the Academy Awards. He's got some good things to say, and they're typically interesting, but he needs to be taken with an ever-increasing in size grain of salt, and it's gotten old. He's built himself a huge platform from which to shout his views, but in reality doesn't have much to say. He's a much better writer than filmmaker. So anyway, back to reality. Oops, there goes gravity.

JD Power vehicle reliability ratings are out. Toyota took it home due to Lexus, which spanked everyone. The domestics are doing pretty well. Too bad VW is doing so poorly.

Excellent Frat guide. Think Schneider. Thank Campen. Cheers.

Dance Dance Revolution almost claims its first victim. Proof that anything can be taken too far. Thanks to Eugene for this one.

Teacher nailed her 14 yr old student. So that's probably not so good, especially for her new husband. It would suck to find out your wife was a ho. It would suck more that she was nailing a 14 year old. And now she's on bhendrix.com. so that's gotta suck. Pictures of her and police report Thanks to shek for this one.

Hoggin' gets its own article. You may know at as Piggin', but same difference. Thanks to DP for this one.

Prickly Pear can end your prickly morning. It can help hangovers. I'd like to see a Chaser/Pear face-off. Coordinating taking it 5 hours before drinking would require math, which is hard. Thanks to Eugene for this one.

Catfish eats basketball. It's got great pictures. Nature at its best.

2 year old protected by her dog. Every now and then I have to post something cute, so here's your dose for the week.

Pope sorry for sacking Constantinople in 1208. But now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. So in roughly 2796, we can look forward to a word about fucking all those little boys.

A hard-ass 8th grade test from Kansas circa 1895. Man, they didn't mess around.